Shoppers at Marina roadside fish market less now

This was one weekend when the open-air fish market on Marina Loop Road wore a rather dull look.

For, with the onset of the Thamizh month of purattasi, the demand for seafood drops as people avoid consuming meat and fish.

So, most hawker stalls, from the Nochikuppam end to Pattinapakkam end had a thin stream of shoppers this Sunday morning.

At other times, this market draws a few thousand shoppers daily; they prefer the opportunity to check out a large number of stalls and also find seafood sold here is sourced from many places.