Kulassai Dussera, is an Iconic festival of Tamil Nadu. Kulasai in Tuticorin district in the South Indian state Tamil Nadu. Mutharamman temple which is more than 300 years old is the epicenter of this Vijayadasami or Dussehra celebrations. The temple is so popular in the down south region of the state, where the presiding deity is a self manifested Goddess Kali. As she is worshipped with the ornaments made of the pearls taken from the sea, she is called as Mutharamman. Goddess Durga is celebrated in different forms of her incarnations, here in Kulasai, the devotees themselves dress up like Kali and other forms of Gods and Goddesses and offer prayers to the Goddess Mutharamman. It is known that those who were dressing up like the Gods and Goddesses would go around their cities for taking alms. As there is a staunch belief among the people of this region that it is Goddess Mutharamman coming to their houses in a disguised form to take alms.