Temple Festival Scenes - Aadi month Festivals 2024 in Chennai
It’s that time of the year again in Tamil Nadu. Aadi Masam, the fourth month of the Tamil calendar, is a time of grand celebrations when goddesses like Kaalikambal, Mariamman, Mudakanni Amman and Badrakali are worshipped.
Women throng the amman temples to perform rituals, sing, dance and prepare the nutritious ragi koozh (porridge) in huge earthen pots as prasadam to be distributed to devotees after prayers.
Some women participate in dangerous rituals like walking on hot charcoal (poo mithippu), walking around the temple carrying a pot of fire that rests on a bed of neem leaves, and getting body piercings.
Temple Festival Scenes - Aadi month Festivals 2024 in Chennai
It’s that time of the year again in Tamil Nadu. Aadi Masam, the fourth month of the Tamil calendar, is a time of grand celebrations when goddesses like Kaalikambal, Mariamman, Mudakanni Amman and Badrakali are worshipped.
Women throng the amman temples to perform rituals, sing, dance and prepare the nutritious ragi koozh (porridge) in huge earthen pots as prasadam to be distributed to devotees after prayers.
Some women participate in dangerous rituals like walking on hot charcoal (poo mithippu), walking around the temple carrying a pot of fire that rests on a bed of neem leaves, and getting body piercings.