The second day of the Maha Shivaratri festival is to celebrate the Shivaratri cemetery festival (Kapparai festival in Tamil) and to worship Irulappar and Pon Irulayee Amman. Arulmigu Irulappar was decorated nicely and worshipped with sacred food and has the blessings to perform the Shivaratri cemetery festival.

The feminine deity “Mayana Kali” decorated as Pon Irulayi Amman is designed to appear fearsome with a new source of sand. By the grace of Irulappar, prayer is done at nighttime. She is offered the blood of animal sacrifice i.e., the blood of a sheep, a pig, and the blood of a cock having red-colored feathers (Muppali in Tamil). Huge devotees gathered to witness the ritual and receive the blessings of the deity.

Note: Usually this ritual is celebrated in all the Shiva and Kali temples on the Maha Shivaratri day or the next day. In this temple only, this ritual is celebrated a day before Maha Shivaratri day, to give prime importance to Arulmigu Pon Irulayi Amman.