About more than a century back when Tamil Nadu was badly hit by a plague that took many lives, the locals had turned to Mariamman temple and set up an idol of the Plague God in order to protect people from the deadly disease. Even in 2021, nothing seems to have changed. Now, the present generation has set up a temple and created a deity dedicated to protecting people from the coronavirus crisis. This move comes at a time when the second wave of Covid-19 has ravaged the country and the healthcare workers have been battling exhaustion and fatigue while trying to save patients.