Aadiperukku is a festival celebrated on the 18th day of Tamil month of Adi (Mid july -August). This year it falls on August 3rd. This festival is also called as "Padinettam perukku" - Padinettu -means 18 and Perukku denotes rising. The aadi month falls during the monsoon season and in this month all the rivers will get filled by the rains . This festival is also a form of worshipping the nature. This festival is celebrated in Tamilnadu and it is a rejoicing for the people who live on the banks of the main rivers , tributaries and branches. People do offer special poojas to the river on this day. Hundreds of devotees , including newly married couple celebrate this festival and worships on the banks of the river . There is a belief that young girls who do this pooja , will be blessed with good husbands.
Mulaipari and Adi perukku : This is a very important ritual which takes place in every village for their village goddess. In villages , womens plants , 9 types of grains inside the eathern pot and on this day the grains will be grown ...they carry that on thier head and along with the goddess they go as a procession to the rivers and the grown grains is dissolved in water . This ritual is performed as a request to the village goddess for rain and fertility of the land.
And on this day women will float ahal villakku in the river , a belief that if the lamp stays floated for a long time , all the dreams will get fulfilled. Women on this day change their Thali saradu (yellow thread ). In case of newly married couples , the brides family invite their daughter's husband and gives the new clothes. On this special day various variety rice are prepared along with sweet dishes and after offerring the pooja to the river goddess they all will have it .
source : http://www.ammas.com/topics/Festivals_and_Celebrations/a152714.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiperukku
Mulaipari and Adi perukku : This is a very important ritual which takes place in every village for their village goddess. In villages , womens plants , 9 types of grains inside the eathern pot and on this day the grains will be grown ...they carry that on thier head and along with the goddess they go as a procession to the rivers and the grown grains is dissolved in water . This ritual is performed as a request to the village goddess for rain and fertility of the land.
And on this day women will float ahal villakku in the river , a belief that if the lamp stays floated for a long time , all the dreams will get fulfilled. Women on this day change their Thali saradu (yellow thread ). In case of newly married couples , the brides family invite their daughter's husband and gives the new clothes. On this special day various variety rice are prepared along with sweet dishes and after offerring the pooja to the river goddess they all will have it .
source : http://www.ammas.com/topics/Festivals_and_Celebrations/a152714.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiperukku
