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Kavadi Festival | Festivals in Tamil Nadu Festivals in Tamil Nadu
Kavadi Festival South India - There are many temples in Tamil Nadu. People repose great faith in these temples.
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This is evident in the fact that every year thousands of devotees come to offer prayers to their lords in these temples.
However, it is not only the temples which make Tamil Nadu stand high and proud among other states of India.
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It is the colorful festivals as well. In fact it can be said without any hesitation that in Tamil Nadu temples and festivals go together.
Festivals in Tamil Nadu mark the religious, cultural and commercial aspects of the region. They are the integral part of the life of the people.
These special occasions are indeed the cause of the reunion of families. And of these occasions
Kavadi Festival Tamil Nadu is one that equally accounts for social and commercial celebrations.
Kavadi Festival South India is celebrated at the shrines of Lord Muruga. In this festival devotees dance in a spellbinding trance to the rhythms of drums and carry Kavadi to the Palani hills. This ritual is basically related to fulfilling one's vow.
Kavadi festival is an exemplar of Tamil culture. It is a major crowd pulling festival. The Ettukudi Kavadi festival is celebrated during the months of April to May. In this festival devotees offer kavadis, milk pots, coconuts, cocks and
goats to the lord. There are various shapes and sizes in which kavadis come. From a very simple kavadi to costly palanquin structured decked with flowers and peacock feathers kavadi are found in the storehouse. All the kavadis are adorned with brass bells. These bells are the sign of the arrival of the kavadi-bearers.
In the Kavadi Festival South India the kavadi bearer is bound with many rules. He performs numerous ceremonies at the time of assuming the kavadi and at the time of offering it.The Kavadi-bearer is required to observe various rules between the time he takes up the Kavadi and the day of the offering.
The Kavadi-bearer observes celibacy. He takes only pure, Satwic food; he abstains from all sorts of intoxicating drinks and drugs, He continuously thinks of God. Many of the Kavadi-bearers, especially those who do it as a spiritual Sadhana, impose various sorts of self-torture upon themselves.Some pass a sharp little spear through their tongue, which is made to protrude out of the mouth. Others may pass a spear through the cheeks.
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