Monday, July 10, 2006

Karaikal Mango Fruit Festival Today

Karaikal Mango Fruit Festival Today

The most significant temple town of Pondicherry -- Karaikkal, looks colorful today as the full moon day in the month of Aani-Aadi, they celebrate it as Mango fruit festival for Karaikkal Ammaiyar.  The belief is that Ammaiyar (lady saint), gave food and mangoes to Bhikshatanar (Lord Shiva). To commomerate this incident, curd rice with mango is distributed on this festival day, in the big hall adjacent to the temple.

Check out the full details of the Mango Fruit festival from Karaikal page over here.

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