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T*(多則第二段)Baishatun Mazu pilgrimage ends after eight-day procession

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The palanquin carrying two statues of sea goddess Mazu from Bai-sha-tun Gongtian Temple in Miaoli County returned home on Monday.

It concluding an eight-day pilgrimage to Chiaotian Temple, also a Mazu temple, in Yunlin County and back again.

The statues were escorted into the main hall and formally seated in the Gongtian Temple on their return by tens of thousands of devotees.

The Bai-sha-tun Mazu pilgrimage set off on April 13 from Tongxiao Township, led by a palanquin carrying three Mazu statues, one of which was from neighboring Shan-bian Mazu Temple.

Organizers say this year's procession was joined by a record 460,000-plus devotees.