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Aadi Perukku

Tamil cultural festival

Summary

Tamil cultural festival

Field	Value
holiday_name	Aadi Perukku
image	Aadi 18.jpg
caption	Aadi Perukku celebrations in Kaveri river
nickname	Aadi pathinettu
Pathinettam Perukku
Aadi Nombi
observedby	Tamils
type	Hindu
date	18th day of Aadi
observances	Amman worship, offering to rivers, rituals
frequency	annual
duration	1 day
scheduling	same day each year as per Tamil calendar
significance	Welcoming increasing river levels during monsoon

Pathinettam Perukku Aadi Nombi Aadi Perukku, () is a Hindu festival celebrated by the Tamils on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi. The festival usually involves prayers on river banks to mark the increasing water levels during the monsoon and as a tribute to the life-sustaining properties of water. Hindu deity of Amman is worshiped with various rituals.

Significance

The Aadi Perukku is a Hindu festival is celebrated on the 18th day of Aadi, the fifth month of the Tamil calendar. It is also called as Pathinettam Perukku, and is the only Tamil festival celebrated strictly based on the date rather than the star or weekday. It is also called as Aadi Nombi in the Kongu Nadu region, with 'Nombi' meaning festival. References to the festival are found in Silappathikaram, and other Sangam literature. The festival marks the arrival of the rains, and increasing water levels in the rivers and water bodies during the monsoon season. The rising water levels and flooding symbolises prosperity and agricultural abundance, with farmers beginning to sow seeds on the day.

Worship and rituals

On this day, people take holy baths in rivers and water bodies, especially the Kaveri river, and worship Amman. As per Hindu mythology, worshipping the Saptha Kanniyar on the day helps fulfills one’s wishes. Young unmarried women seek blessings from the goddess for finding a suitable life partner. Married women often change their thaali (sacred thread) on this day, believing that Amman blesses women with marital happiness and longevity of their husbands. Married women do a symbolic baby shower ceremony for the goddess, and pray for her blessings to grant them with children. People exchange sweets and offer rice, turmeric, and flowers as offerings to the rivers and water bodies, and light oil lamps, to thank and honor the river as a life-giving deity. Temporary swings called 'thooris' are tied using ropes or saris on trees, and ceilings of the house.

References

(4 August 2019). "ஆடின்னா தூரி நோம்பிதான்". [[Dinamalar]].
"ஆடி பெருக்கு 2022 (ஆடி 18) எப்போது?- வழிபாடு, விரத முக்கியத்துவம் என்ன தெரியுமா?". Samayam Tamil.
C, Jeyalakshmi. (1 August 2022). "ஆடிப்பெருக்கு 2022: கோடி கோடியாய் செல்வம் பெருக ஆடிப்பெருக்கு காவிரித்தாயை இப்படி வழிபடுங்கள்!!". One India.
(4 August 2019). "ஆடின்னா தூரி நோம்பிதான்". [[Dinamalar]].
"Thanking Kaveri river on Aadi Perukku". [[Asianet News]].

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