When is Meenakshi Thirukalyanam in 2016?

Meenakshi Thirukalyanam 2016 is on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 for Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

What is Meenakshi Thirukalyanam?

Meenakshi Thirukalyanam (Chithirai Thiruvizha) is the divine wedding festival of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar at the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, falling in the solar month of Chittirai (Mesha).

Meenakshi Thirukalyanam 2016: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Drishya Ganit Panchang

Name: Meenakshi Thirukalyanam 2016
Start: 2016-04-19
End: 2016-04-19
Location: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Meenakshi Thirukalyanam

Meenakshi Thirukalyanam, the centrepiece of the Chithirai Thiruvizha at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, celebrates the divine wedding of Goddess Meenakshi (an avatar of Parvati) to Lord Sundareswarar (Shiva). Lord Vishnu, worshipped here as Meenakshi's brother Alagar, travels from Alagar Kovil to give the bride away, and this procession is one of the most celebrated moments of the festival.

The full festival spans twelve days, from the flag-hoisting (Kodi Yetram) through the coronation (Pattabhishekam), the divine conquest (Digvijayam), the wedding itself (Thirukalyanam), the temple car procession (Therottam), and finally the sacred bathing festival (Tirtham).

Tradition & Practice

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Divine Wedding

Goddess Meenakshi weds Lord Sundareswarar, with Lord Vishnu (Alagar) giving the bride away.

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Chithirai Thiruvizha

A twelve-day festival cycle at the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, one of Tamil Nadu's largest temple festivals.

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