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Mampalli copper plate (10th century CE), the earliest record to mention the Kollam Era. The Malayalam Calendar, or the Kollam Era (Malayalam: കൊല്ലവർഷം, romanized: Kollavaṟṣaṁ), is a sidereal solar calendar used in Kerala.
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Mīna, or Meena, is a month in the Indian solar calendar. [1] [2] [3] It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Pisces, and overlaps with about the later half of March and about the early half of April in the Gregorian calendar. [1]
Revati is the Hindu name for Zeta Piscium, a star on the edge of the Pisces zodiac constellation. In Hindu sidereal astronomy this star is identified as the First Point of Aries, i.e. when the Sun crosses this star, a new solar year begins.
Mars’s aspect is 1 ⁄ 4 at the 7th, 1 ⁄ 2 at the 3rd and the 10th, 3 ⁄ 4 at the 5th and the 9th and full at the 4th and the 8th. These three extraterrestrial planets possess special aspects. The aspect of the Sun, the Moon, Venus and Mercury is 1 ⁄ 4 at the 3rd and the 10th, 1 ⁄ 2 at the 5th and the 9th, 3 ⁄ 4 at the 4th and the ...
The nakshatram (star) that is regarded to be ascendant during the pournami (full moon day) of this month is Chittirai. Chittirai Pournami & Varusha-Pirappu are the most important festivals in this month. The famous Chittirai Tiruviḻa is celebrated in the Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple. The 14 of April is the Tamil New Year.
Sculpture inside the temple. Kumbeswarar temple complex covers an area of 30,181 sq ft (2,803.9 m 2) and houses four gateway towers known as gopurams. [8] [9] The tallest is the eastern tower, with 11 stories and a height of 128 feet (39 m) The temple is approached by a corridor 330 ft (100 m) long and 15 ft (4.6 m) wide.