Chithirai thiruvizha ,, the most prestigious moments of madurai begins tomorrow ,the ten day grandeur processions ,,followed by the celestial wedding of lord sundareshwarar with meenakshi takes place
The majestic divine of our proud temple city ,,,madurai,,,, begins her festivities tomorrow with the kaapu kattudhal ,,
The entire city is lit up gorgeous all over throughout the 10 days with grand processions of the goddess both morning and evening Devotees gather around the maasi streets watching the festivities with kolaatam ,, karagatam .mayilatam, oyilatam etc
Each day the goddess comes around the temple city in different vaahanas ,,, annapakshi,, golden horse ,,, kamadhenu etc are the highlights
The 3rd day she stays in the pavaka mandap and comes around in a palanquin and retuns back the 4rth day to the temple in her golden horse
Pattabishekam ,,,,, coronation ceremony of the goddess ,,,,,,.a rare and royal coronation of the Queen of Madurai takes place ,,, our city holds its pride in celebrating it.
Dig vijeyam ,,,,,,the great spiritual -celestial-romantic war between Meenakshi and Sunderaswarar. The deities will be taken in separate chariots .Meenakshi will be decorated as a warrior.
A boy will be decorated as shiva and a girl as Meenakshi. Chariots will be taken through the main streets specially organized for the festival.
Thirukalyanam ,,,, the celestial wedding of the divine meenakshi sundareshwarar takes place .... a very sacred day of the festival series I would say ,,, people all over the city give manjal ,, kumkum,,, annadhanams etc on this day ,,, the temple is flooded with lakhs of devotees on this day ,,,,
The newly wedded bride meenakshi comes in a floral palanquin around madurai in the same evening
Therottam,,,,, the prestigious assets of madurai ,, our periya ther and chinna ther come around the maasi veedhis early morning, ,, each and every maduraite will sure get goosebumps watching this majestic ride ,,,,
The festival closes with ther thadampaarthal tonight and continues as alaghar festival in the other banks of the city
Rangolis based on those events are posted here
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