Aadi Perukku
The eighteenth day of the Tamil month of Aadi.
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Significance
A Tamil festival to thank water, held when fresh floods fill the rivers. It is celebrated in a special way along the banks of the Kaveri.
How it is celebrated
- Worshipping Mother Kaveri on the river bank
- Making mixed rice dishes (chithrannam) and eating them with the family
- Women wearing a new yellow thread (manjal kayiru)
Famous places
Special on the Kaveri banks at Trichy, Srirangam and Thanjavur.
Customs can differ from place to place and from family to family.