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Vaikasi Visakam is a Tamil Hindu festival. It falls on the day the moon transits the Visaka nakshatram in Vaikasi (May-June), the second month of the Tamil Calendar . [ 1 ] The festival is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Hindu god Murugan .
'new year'), also known as Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar that is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the solar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the month of Chittirai. It falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. [1]
It is the culmination of the week-long Kanda Shasthi Vratam festival. [3] It is performed mainly in Tamil Nadu. It is also celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, Sri Lanka, and the district of Palakkad in Kerala at temples dedicated to Murugan. This festival falls in the month of either Aippasi or Kartikai of the Tamil calendar. [4]
The Meenakshi Tirukalyanam festival, [1] [2] also known as Chithirai Tiruviḻa or Meenakshi Kalyanam, is an annual Tamil Hindu celebration in the city of Madurai during the month of April. The festival, celebrated during the Tamil month of Chithirai , is associated with the Meenakshi Temple , dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi , a form of ...
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The Mangani or Mangani festival (மாங்கனி திருவிழா (māṅgani tiruviḻā) in Tamil, Fête des mangues (transl. Mangoes feast) in French) is a festival celebrated in Karaikal city every year in the Tamil month of Aani.
In Tamil Nadu, an annual brahmotsava festival occurs for a period of ten days. [6] [7] On the final day of the festival, called the rathotsava, the festival image of the deity is slowly pulled through the streets in the performance of a chariot procession. [8] In the brahmotsava festival of Tirumala, Brahma is believed to have worshipped ...
Chennai Sangamam (Tamil: சென்னை சங்கமம்) is a large annual open Tamil cultural festival held in the city of Chennai. The festival is organized by the Tamil Maiyam and Department of Tourism and Culture of the Government of Tamil Nadu with the intention of rejuvenating the old village festivals, art and artists. [1]