Pidari Amman's procession is no longer enacted. The goddess does not leave her temple. She no longer ventures forth to survey her kingdom and sanction her subjects. She does not visit her husband, Kailasanathar, at his temple in Vadapathy. Nor does she re-enact the marriage that forms the foundation of the Vaduvur polity and fuels its productivity. This radically departs from the ritual's heyday where, as the headmen's advisor Sevu Vanniyar reminisced,

Each house along the procession route sacrificed a goat. A priest conducted the worship. Eight Dalits wearing a protective bracelet (kappu) played their instruments. Since they had to keep playing, they could not go home throughout the festival. So, they ate and slept at the temple. The goddess was set down at her husband's house, beautified, and left there for eighteen days. Meanwhile, there were ceremonies for the other deities at the temple. At the end of the eighteen days, she returned to Thenpathy. The chariot was initially heavy but becomes lighter as they got closer to her own temple. At her own temple, there would also be a grand festival….