The Aadi Perukku festival has recently celebrated in which state of India?
The Aadi Perukku festival has recently celebrated in which state of India?
[A]Tamil Nadu
[B]Kerala
[C]Chhattisgarh
[D]Odisha
Tamil Nadu
The Aadi Perukku festival, the thanksgiving festival to rivers, has celebrated with traditional gaiety in Tamil Nadu. The festival is celebrated on 18th of Aadi month in Tamil calendar year in gratitude to water bodies especially Cauvery river. The Cauvery River, the lifeline of delta farmers, is worshipped with traditional gaiety in Salem Erode Trichy and Thanjavur. The river is considered as the bride and the Sea bridegroom and rituals are conducted with great fanfare in delta region including Poompuhar.