Coimbatore, May 20 -- In these trying times of the second COVID-19 wave, everyone is doing their best to eliminate further spread and loss of lives. Governments imposed lockdown and other restrictions and people are preferring staying among others.

But, a temple in Tamil Nadu took a different route.

Kamatchipuram Adhinam temple in Coimbatore has decided to create and consecrate 'Corona Devi', a deity consigned to protect the citizens of India from COVID-19.

In Tamil Nadu and other south Indian states, it is known to be a ritual to create a deity who will defeat the outbreaks and bring safety and peace to the people. There are many such incidental deities to fight against deadly pandemics before like the Plague Mariamman Temple in Coimb...