The Pilgrim Dog That Walked Into a Religious Firestorm
JAFFNA — It began as a small miracle on a long road. Somewhere along the Pada Yatra, the two-month foot pilgrimage that winds from the Tamil north down to the shrine of Kataragama, in Sri Lanka’s deep south, a stray dog fell in step with the devotees and simply kept walking. Moved by the animal’s persistence, the pilgrims named him Subramani, another name for Lord Murugan, the deity to whom Kataragama is sacred. It is also the name of the puppy that Kamal Haasan and Sridevi dote on in Balu Mah
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