Madurai: Aadi amavasai was celebrated in the temples across the southern district as people paid obeisance to their ancestors by participating in special prayers, but there was a shortage of water for performing the rituals as well as drinking and bathing in many temples across the region. Lakhs of people offered prayers at the Rameswaram Sri Ramanathaswamy temple and took a dip in the sea while priests sitting in long rows performed the rituals for the devotees who took turns to sit before them. The temple opened as early as 3am on Sunday in view of the festival. Devotees who came in the afternoon found it difficult to walk in the hot sand as the vehicle parking facility was located 1km away. People also had to…