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Aadi Month Festivals and Events

Posted on Jul 7th, 2020
by Sowmya Venkatachalam
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Aadi month(July 16th – August 16th) is the 4th month of the Tamil Calender. The next six months from Aadi to Margazhi is the Dakshinayana punyakalam. It marks the beginning of the night of Devas. Traditionally, Aadi month is considered as inauspicious and most people avoid auspicious ceremonies during this period. But few important festivals are celebrated in this month.

This month is special for Goddess Shakthi. People worship Goddess and her different forms during this month to get her blessings for their wealth and happiness.

Auspicious days in Aadi Month:

Date Festival Name
17-Jul-2022 Aadi Pirappu (1st day of Aadi Month)
19-Jul-2022 Aadi Sevvai (1st Tuesday of Aadi Month)
22-Jul-2022 Aadi Velli (1st Friday of Aadi Month)
23-Jul-2022 Aadi Krithigai
26-Jul-2022 Aadi Velli (2nd Friday of Aadi Month)
28-Jul-2022 Aadi Ammavasai (New moon day of Aadi Month)
01-Aug-2022 Aadi Pooram
02-Aug-2022 Naga Panchami, Garuda Panchami
03-Aug-2022 Aadi Perukku
05-Aug-2022 Varalakshmi Vratham
11-Aug-2022 Yajur Upakarma
16-Aug-2022 Last Friday of Aadi Month

Aadi Pirappu: 

First day of this month Aadi, usually it falls on 16th or 17th of July. In 2022, it is on 17th July. People celebrate this day as Aadi pandigai especially newly-weds. Special puja is performed followed by a special food which includes delicous “Payasam(Kheer) with coconut milk“, “Purana Poli” and Vadai. The new groom in the family is invited to the Brides house and the couple is gifted with new dresses and other presents and treated well with a feast.

Aadi Pirappu Prasadam Recipes

Pasi Paruppu Pradhaman | Moongdal Coconut Milk Payasam
Moong Dal Payasam
Purana Poli
Medhu Vadai
Medhu Vadai

Aadi Velli (5 Friday’s of Aadi Month):

Aadi Velli refers to the divine Fridays that occur during the Tamil month of Aadi which falls from July 17th to August 14th. There are totally four Fridays in the month of Aadi, all of which are sacred days to unite with the Goddess power or the divine feminine Shakti.

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  1. The 1st Friday of Aadi month is dedicated to Goddess Swarnambika, a form of Goddess Parvati.
  2. The 2nd Friday of Aadi month is dedicated to Goddess Kali, Offering your Prayers to the Goddess of Siddhi powers will bless you with Extraordinary Intelligence.
  3. The 3rd Friday is dedicated to Kalikambal, a form of Goddess Parvati, who bestows us with courage and health.
  4. The 4th Friday is dedicated to Kamakshi Amman, a form of Goddess Shakti. It is considered that offering special prayers on this day to Her will remove the obstacles in marriage, relationships, etc and will help us to be successful in life.
  5. The last Aadi Friday is dedicated to Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu and Varalakshmi Pooja will be observed on this day. This is a special day for all women. On this day, Goddess Lakshmi listens and fulfills the needs and desires of women, who earnestly pray to Her. It is said that if a woman earnestly prays to the Goddess on this day, she will invoke the blessings of Goddess for her entire family.
Many rituals are performed on Aadi Fridays and Tuesdays even on Sundays

Aadi Velli Prasadam:

Kadalaparuppu Pradaman / Kadalaparuppu Payasam
Kadalaparuppu Pradaman
Sakkarai Pongal (Sweet Pongal)
Sakkarai Pongal
Akkaravadisal
Akkaravadisal
Kozhukattai Mavu Outer Cover
Thengai Purana Kozhukattai

Aadi Chevvai (4 Tuesday’s of Aadi month):

Like Aadi Velli (Friday’s in Aadi month), Aadi Chevvai (Tuesday’s in Aadi month) is also so auspicious. many women keep fasting, chant all Devi slokas and pray to Goddess Parvati. There is a special fasting they call it as “Ovvai Nonbu“. Kozhukattai made with rice flour and jaggery is a Prasad prepared for this nonbu. Temples decorate the idols of Goddess Parvati in different forms like Durga, Chamundeswari and many other forms of Devi. In some homes there is a tradition to make Manjal Pongal and Thalagam and serve to Kanya girls considering them as Goddess Devi.

Aadi Chevvai Recipes:

Manjal Pongal
Manjal Pongal
Thiruvathirai Thalagam
Thalagam

Aadi Ammavasai:

No moon day in Aadi month is very special to offer Tarpan to our Ancestors. This year is on 20 July 2020. Aadi amavasai is one of the three most powerful new moon days to offer Pitru Tarpanam (ancestral rituals) to honor your ancestors and receive their eternal blessings. As per our tradition, we have a custom to perform Tarpan (ancestral rituals) every month on the new moon day. But some of us miss to do the tarpan every month due to their personal reasons. Even though we miss the monthly tarpan, we should never miss doing tarpanam on Aadi Ammavasai, Thai Ammavasai and Malaya Ammavasai.

There is a belief that on Aadi Ammavasai, our ancestors start from their spirit world to travel and come to our world to see us. Their journey continues and they reach our world on Malaya Ammavasai and on Thai Ammavasai, they again travel back to their spirit world. Thats the reason all these 3 Ammavasai are considered to be most auspicious and its mandatory to do tarpanam. Rameshwaram is considered to be the most auspicious place to do tarpanam on aadi ammavasai. Many people travel to Rameshwaram, take bath on the holy river and perform tharpanam on the banks of the holy river.

Aadi Pooram:

 

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Aadi Pooram is the celebration of the birthday of Andal. Andal herself is considered as the form of Goddess Shakti as it is believed that the goddess herself comes to Earth in this auspicious day to bless Her devotees. Goddess Andal and her devotion to Lord Ranganthar is known to all of us. Hence, Aadi Pooram is celebrated so grandly in almost all the Vishnu Temples in Tamilnadu. Likewise, this day, also holds immense importance in Goddess Shakti temples all over the country. Glass bangles are offered to Goddess and then distributed among the devotees. On this auspicious day, devotees chant Thirupavai and Lalitha Sahasaranamam.

Aadiperukku:

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Tamil Month Aadi, marks the beginning of monsoon in TamilNadu. During this month, water levels in the rivers increases due to monsoon. To show our gratitude to the nature and to thank Mother Cauvery river, we celebrate Aadiperukku. Adiperukku is a unique South Indian and specially a Tamil state festival celebrated on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi.The 18th day of Aadi month is celebrated as Aadi perukku. Aadiperukku is a festival of fertility and people of Tamil Nadu especially women offer prayers. They wear new clothes and perform abhishekham for Kaveri amman.

Aadi Perukku Recipes:

Adi Perukku Lunch Menu
Lemon Rice
Lemon Rice
Coconut Rice
Coconut Rice
Tamarind Rice
Curd Rice
Aviyal (Puli Aviyal)
Aviyal (Puli Aviyal)
Medhu Vadai
Medhu Vadai
Sakkarai Pongal (Sweet Pongal)
Sakkarai Pongal

Aadi Karthigai:

 

Aadi Karthigai  – Festival dedicated to Lord Muruga. The month Aadi is full of many festivals and auspicious days. One such day is Aadi Krithigai which is dedicated to Lord Muruga. All tamil caldender month has krithigai nakshatra and special puja will be help in all temples. Aadi month marks the beginning of the southward (Dakshianayana) journey of the sun. The Skanda Purana describes the legend associated with Aadi Karthigai.

Aadi Karthigai Recipes

Aadi Karthigai
Pasi Paruppu Pradhaman | Moongdal Coconut Milk Payasam
Moong Dal Payasam
Paruppu Vadai
Paruppu Vadai

Varalakshmi Vratham:

Varalakshmi Vratham– Festival dedicated to Godess Varalakshmi. This Pooja is celebrated on the friday, before the full moon day, in the Tamil Month Sravana (July-August). Goddess Varalakshmi is yet another form of Lord Vishnu’s consort, Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. This Pooja can be performed any woman with no restriction of caste or creed. The legend of Varalakshmi Vratham is that Goddess Varalakshmi appeared in a woman devotee named Charumathi’s dream and expressed her satisfaction in the woman’s devotion towards the Goddess.

Varalakshmi Viratham Recipes:

Kozhukattai Mavu Outer Cover
Thengai Purana Kozhukattai
Arisi Paruppu Payasam
Arisi Paruppu Payasam
Medhu Vadai
Medhu Vadai
Kondakadalai Sundal
Pacharisi Idli (Raw Rice Idli)

Avani Avittam :

Aavani Avittam – an auspicious day for Brahmin boys and men to change their sacred thread. Avani Avittam is a most important ritual for Brahmins. It is a ceremony of changing the sacred thread (poonal). I have been told by my father that the right name for this ritual is Upakarma and over a period of time it gets a name “Avani Avittam”. It has been observed on different date by different brahmin communities.

Avani Avittam Recipes:

Nei Appam (Ghee Appam)
Nei Appam (Ghee Appam)
Purana Poli
Coconut Poli
Paal Poli
Paal Poli
Paruppu Vadai
Aval (Poha) Payasam
Festival Lunch Menu
Festival Lunch Menu
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Chitz says:
July 15, 2013 at 7:58 pm

A very useful post.. Thanks for sharing !

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Nageswary kailasam says:
August 11, 2013 at 8:08 am

usefull mesage

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Nageswary kailasam says:
August 11, 2013 at 8:09 am

usefull mesage

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Krithiga Samynaathen says:
July 17, 2014 at 10:19 am

Very useful information always amazed by your recipes tips and information.

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Kalyani Sathish says:
July 16, 2015 at 4:51 pm

Very nice message Thanks a lot…..

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Anonymous says:
July 19, 2015 at 5:15 pm

Dear mami,
Can you please guide me as what rituals to be followed when a girl attains puberty. Thank you so much.

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durga arun says:
July 30, 2016 at 6:12 am

Aadi krithigai was on 28th July not August. 28 August will be in aavani masam.

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rachaelveedec@gmail.com says:
July 30, 2016 at 10:58 pm

Dear madam
Your date for Aadi krithigai is not August 28, 2016 but July 28, 2016. Aadi month comes to an end by August 16, so how can Aadi Krithigai be on August 28, 2016

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subbuskitchen says:
July 31, 2016 at 9:32 pm

Sorry By mistake i specified August

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Lucky says:
July 17, 2017 at 2:35 am

Aadi kruthigai is on July 19th not on July 28th or Aug 28th.

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Anonymous says:
July 17, 2017 at 7:25 am

Very very useful aunty

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Unknown says:
July 18, 2017 at 7:37 am

Thank you

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G.S.Radha says:
July 8, 2020 at 6:22 am

Very useful info Sowmya

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
July 8, 2020 at 7:21 am

Thank you da 🙂

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LALITHA HARIHARAN says:
July 9, 2020 at 2:10 pm

GREAT…VERY USEFUL

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
July 10, 2020 at 4:49 am

You are most welcome

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Swati Narayanan says:
July 15, 2020 at 7:53 pm

Thank you so much Sowmya. This post is very helpful. I really do not have to worry about the menu with everything being described in detail :). This year’s celebration are going to be different with the pandemic. May Goddess Parvathi bring joy,peace in everyone’s life and prayers for everyone’s good health. Om Shakti!!!

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
July 15, 2020 at 11:43 pm

Thank you so much Swati. Yeah the Goddess should save us all from this pandemic

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Sarah John says:
June 8, 2021 at 2:10 pm

Hello, Thank you for sharing Very useful information always amazed by your recipes tips, and information.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
June 8, 2021 at 6:40 pm

Glad it is helpful! Thank you 🙏

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Vicky says:
July 15, 2021 at 9:56 am

Hi ms, if aadi 1st falls on Saturday do we can change the thali kayiru.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
July 21, 2021 at 3:03 am

Sorry for late response. Usually I do it on Varalakshmi vratham

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Vidya Venkat says:
July 15, 2022 at 9:31 am

Thank you for the post. Very useful information. Paragraph on Aadi Amavasai mentions New moon instead of No moon in some sentences. Please amend the same. Incase my suggestion us incorrect please ignore the same.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
August 14, 2022 at 2:18 am

Will check Vidya. Thanks

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