Aadi Perukku | |
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Official name | Aadi 18 |
Also called | Aadi Perukku, Translation: Aadi Monsoon Festival, Pathinettam Perukku, Aadi Nōmbi (in Kongu Tamil)[1] |
Observed by | South Indian Hindu Tamils |
Type | Religious (Hindu) and Cultural |
Significance | Welcoming Flooding in Rivers and water bodies |
Celebrations | Molappaari, River Bank Amman temple worship |
Observances | Prayers, Mulaipari, Religious rituals |
Date | 18th Aadi (Tamil month) |
2023 date | 3 August |
Frequency | annual |
Aadi Perukku, (India, on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Adi. The festival pays tribute to water's life-sustaining properties. For the blessing of mankind with peace, prosperity and happiness, nature worship in the form of Amman deities are organized to shower Nature's bountiful grace on human beings.[3][4][5]
) also surnamed as the Aadi Monsoon Festival, is a Hindu festival celebrated exclusively among Tamil speaking populations from Southern