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Karthika — Kazhchakula Samarpanam, Navakabhishekam, Karthika Pongala, Annadhanam (all months) Ayilya Pooja — Milk, flowers etc. offered to serpent god and special rites. Monthly Pooja in Ayilyam day except in the months of Mithunam and Karkidakom.
Pongala group stage. Pongala is a harvest festival of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The name 'Pongala' means 'to boil over' and refers to the ritualistic offering of porridge made of rice, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. Generally women devotees participate in this ritual. Tamil people celebrate as Pongal. [1]
Karthika — Kazhchakula Samarpanam, Navakabhishekam, Karthika Pongala, Annadhanam (all months) Ayilya Pooja — Milk, flowers etc. offered to serpent god and special rites. Monthly Pooja in Ayilyam day except in the months of Mithunam and Karkidakom. Ayilyolsavam — Nagaroottu and Sarpabali in the month of Thulam
The major festival at the temple is Pongala, [5] which takes place during the month of Vrischikam (November/December). [6] This is when the glory of the goddess is at its peak, and lakhs of women devotees gather around the temple, some arriving as early as one week before the function. The temple premises are overcrowded, and the devotees ...
Pongal (IPA: / ˈ θ aɪ ˈ p oʊ ŋ ʌ l /) is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils.The festival is celebrated over three or four days with Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kanum Pongal, beginning on the last day of the Tamil calendar month of Margazhi, and observed on consecutive days.
Devotees offering Pongala at Karikkakom Devi Temple in Thiruvananthapuram The annual festival is in the month of Meenam for seven days. Millions of women gather every year in the month of Meenam around this temple and prepare Pongala [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ( rice cooked with jaggery , ghee , coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots ...
Attukal Pongala: Attukal Temple, Thiruvananthapuram Vrishchikotsavam: Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple Kaaliyootu Major Vellayani Devi Temple Utsavams: Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram Ashtami: Vaikom Temple, Kodungalloor Bharani Chembai Sangeetholsavam: Guruvayoor: Chettikulangara Kumbha Bharani: Chettikulangara Devi Temple, Mavelikara ...
The Pongala Mahotsavam is the most important festival of Attukal Bhagavathy Temple. This festival at Attukal has been entered into the Guinness book of world records as the largest congregation of women in the world. [1] [2] The offering of Pongala is a special temple practice prevalent in the southern part of Kerala and some parts of Tamil Nadu.