The annual Kundam (Fire walking) festival was celebrated on Tuesday with religious fervour at Bannari in this district. The popular festival was conducted peacefully at Bannariamman temple, located 10 km away from Sathyamangalam at 3 am.

Thousands of devotees from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (especially from Mysore, Kollehal, Chamrajnagar etc) participated in the fire walking. Some farmers walked along with their cattle. Some women carried their children with them and walked over the 'kundam'.