KALLAZHAGAR-7

                                           
              
                       KALLAZHAGAR 




 KALLAZHAGAR-7
          Sri S.V.Varadarajan   
   

     On hearing this Azhagar got angry and left the vaigai river bank and went back to his place even without attending the marriage. It is believed that Azhagar was dressed up in dark green silk cloth when he was in Vaigai bank. This is supposed to signify that the whole kingdom will be fertile with green foelds every where.


    Lakhs of people attend every year this festival of Meenakshi's marriage in Madurai Temple. When Meenakshi Amman is offered in marriage to Lord Sundareswara by performing the main relegious rite, the married woman in the thronging apply saffron powder, Kumkum to their sacred thread and pray for a long married life. The Kumkum of this temple is very sacred and powerful and is supposed to wash off the diseases. 


    On the fourth day of Azhagar festival, the Lord starts his journey to Madurai and returns to the hill on the nineth day.The three days of this stay at the Vaigai river bank, people throng in thousands to have his darshan, day in day out. At nights, at the Ramayana Mandapam,the Dasavathara of the Lord is depicted as each of the Matsya, Kurma,Varaha, Narasimha,Vamana parasurama, Rama, Balarama, Krishna Avatars and the crowd enjoys these scenes and functions with devotion and respect. At nights , lot of fire works and games can be seen lighting the sky. The speciality of this function is people from the village near by and at long distances come here to witness the great event and stay for three days for participating in the functions. The festival is conducted on the Vaigai river bank during the full moon day, the 'Chitra pournami' and so everywhere there is abundant light and cool air and people enjoy the pleasant evening and night with joy and devotion.Apart from the devotional aspect, this affords an opportunity for a happy congregation of men and women in the celebrations.


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