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| MEENAKSHI
KALYANAM AT MADURAI |
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| Location :
Madurai, Tamilnadu |
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| Celebration :
The Wedding of Goddess
Meenakshi and Lord Sundareshwar |
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| Time of the
festivity :
April - May |
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| Venue :
Meenakshi Temple at Madurai |
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| The annual solemnization of the
marriage of Meenakshi with Lord Sundareshwar (Shiva) is one of the most
spectacular temple festivals at Madurai's famous Meenakshi temple in Tamil
Nadu. Car processions of the Goddess and the God are some of the colourful
features of this festival. |
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| Time of The
Festivity |
| Meenaskhi Kalyanam, the wedding
festival of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareshwar is celebrated for twelve
days from the second day of the lunar month (i.e. two days after the new moon).
This is a spectacular festival celebrated in the month of Chaitra (April-May). |
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| The festival is characterized with
royal decorated umbrellas, fans and traditional instrumental music. Scenes from
mythology are enacted and the deities of Lord Shiva, Goddess Shakti and Goddess
Meenakshi are taken out in a colourful procession. Thousands of devotees from
all over the country gather in the city of Madurai on this occasion.
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