Navarathri (Nine nights) Festival is one of the most popular festivals of Madurai. It is celebrated in the honor of Goddess Meenakshi. The Goddess is adorned and worshiped in her nine forms during this festival. According to the Vedic calendar, Navarathri is held in...
Puttu Tiruvizha (Festival) is one among the 64 Tiruvilayadals (Divine Plays) of Lord Sundareswarar. It is celebrated at the Puttu Thoppu in Madurai city every year in the Tamil month of “Avani” (Aug-Sep). The Meenakshi Amman Temple will remain closed on this...
Kallazhagar is on horseback bringing gifts for his sister Devi Meenakshi during her wedding faces a flooding river and manages to cross the rising river on horseback. The Azhagar Festival is held to portray the significance of Lord Kallazhagar also called Sunderaraja...
Madurai city is often called the ‘City of Festivals’. Major festivals of Meenakshi temple are the Chithirai Festival, and the Avani Moolam Chithirai Festival. These are primarily meant for public benefit that occasion, and go by the name “Sambhavi Deekshai’. The...
Sri Pannagaparameswara Swami Temple is a temple dedicated to Paramasiva, located at a beautiful scenic spot in a small village called Pannatheru in the State of Tamilnadu, South India. The temple also has the samadhi or final resting place of the 290th pontiff of...
