Aadi Perukku

Amidst the increasing flow of water in Cauvery and Kollidam rivers in Trichy, Aadi Perukku festival was celebrated peacefully on Wednesday.

Following the increase, entry to the locations was restricted after 7 pm. Even though the water flow was steadily increasing, the district administration allowed people into the locations with an advice to be cautious and safe. Being a thanksgiving event to river Cauvery on the 18th day of the Aadi month, the festival attracted thousands to the river banks.

Aadi Perukku, celebrated on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi, is a monsoon festival of Tamil Nadu. Known as Pathinettam Perukku(Perukku means to ...

It is also a festival of women as females of all ages come together to pray to Ma Cauvery to bless them with prosperity. Farmers start sowing seeds on this day as it is believed that they will grow in abundance. It is mainly celebrated by Hindus living on and around the banks of Cauvery and its tributaries.

Aadi Perukku is essentially a cultural event with very mild religious overtones; the TN government's move it make it a Hindu festival has not gone down well ...

Others, more brave, had ventured further into the water to cross over to the bank of the Vadavaru. Some children threw the platters from which they had eaten into the floodgates and clapped their hands with laughter to see the petals float through the gates to be rushed onto the canals. “Some mischievous young men plucked the flowers off the heads of their loved ones and threw them into the water, merely to see them being cast upon the shore. Waters from the river called North Cauvery by the devout, but commonly known as Kollidam, rushed into the Veera Narayana Lake, through the Vadavaru stream and made it a turbulent sea…” (Translation by Indra Neelameggham) At a time when the BJP is continuously criticising the DMK as an anti-Hindu party, these kinds of initiatives are essential to prove that the party is non-partisan to any religion,” he said. He listened with an eager ear when some of the girls with pleasant voices sang. At a time when the DMK government is engaged in promoting the Dravidian model, one section of supporters feel that such overt support for temples represents a deviation from the DMK’s fundamentals as an atheist party. It was on that day that Vanthiya Thevan, the lead character, enters Thanjavur from Kanchipuram. What is even more surprising is that the official social media accounts of the HR&CE department have published flashcards describing Aadi Perukku, a festival celebrated on the 18th day of Aadi, as a religious celebration, particularly of Hindus. The HR&CE department, however, stuck to a safer line. To teach her a lesson, saint poet Agathiya locked her in a kamandal, or a water pot. This year, Aadi Perukku falls on August 3 (Wednesday). The flashcard recounts the mythology behind the festival thus: River Cauvery was the daughter of Lord Kubera, the God of Wealth. Hence, she became very vain. Though Aadi is considered a religiously significant month, the celebrations around it are mostly cultural.

Devotees from nearby districts, who arrived at Bhavani and Kodumudi in Erode, were disappointed as they were not allowed to bathe in River Cauvery.

Devotees from nearby districts, who arrived at Bhavani and Kodumudi, were disappointed as they were not allowed to bathe in the river. This year, barricades were erected by the district administration to prevent people from entering into the river. During Aadi Perukku, people usually gather in large numbers at Bhavani Kooduthurai near Sangameswarar Temple and at Magudeswarar Padithurai at Kodumudi and offer prayers.