Plate F · AVAMChitirai Brahmotsavamचित्तिरई ब्रह्मोत्सवम्
URN · chithirai-brahmotsavam
Festivals · 10 days
Provisionalचित्तिरई ब्रह्मोत्सवम्
Chitirai Brahmotsavam
Chithirai Brahmotsavam (Meenakshi Kalyanam)
ISynopsis
Ten-day grand festival at Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai. The celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi to Lord Sundareshwara (Shiva) is re-enacted with elaborate processions. Draws 1 million pilgrims; considered one of the largest Hindu festivals in India.
Provenance ledger
9 entries
- RecurrenceSolar · ? · day ? · pañcāṅga ruletextual
- Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
- Name (eng/Latn)Chithirai Brahmotsavam (Meenakshi Kalyanam)textual
- Name (hin/Deva)चित्तिरई ब्रह्मोत्सवम्textual
- Name (tam/Taml)சித்திரை பிரம்மோத்சவம்textual
- Name (tel/Telu)చిత్తిరై బ్రహ్మోత్సవంtextual
- Name (kan/Knda)ಚಿತ್ತಿರೈ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೋತ್ಸವtextual
- Name (mal/Mlym)ചിത്തിരൈ ബ്രഹ്മോത്സവംtextual
- Observed at21 templescommunity attested
IIIObserved at
21 attested- Temple 986b05b3deity-festival association
- Temple 1c5caa11deity-festival association
- Temple bb1f0a1fdeity-festival association
- Temple 4b4c174bdeity-festival association
- Temple 216b093edeity-festival association
- Temple 55c9c515deity-festival association
- Temple 770f4eaadeity-festival association
- Temple d736dc7bdeity-festival association
- Temple 4073b59bdeity-festival association
- Temple 84def3ffdeity-festival association
- Temple 0d17a936deity-festival association
- Temple 1f39a323deity-festival association
- And 9 more temples in the register.
IVNames across registers
- eng / LatnChithirai Brahmotsavam (Meenakshi Kalyanam)Ten-day grand festival at Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai. The celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi to Lord Sundareshwara (Shiva) is re-enacted with elaborate processions. Draws 1 million pilgrims; considered one of the largest Hindu festivals in India.
- hin / Devaचित्तिरई ब्रह्मोत्सवम्
- tam / Tamlசித்திரை பிரம்மோத்சவம்மதுரை மீனாட்சி-சுந்தரேஸ்வரர் திருக்கல்யாண திருவிழா. தமிழ் ஆண்டின் முக்கிய நிகழ்வு.
- tel / Teluచిత్తిరై బ్రహ్మోత్సవం
- kan / Kndaಚಿತ್ತಿರೈ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೋತ್ಸವ
- mal / Mlymചിത്തിരൈ ബ്രഹ്മോത്സവം
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URN · chithirai-brahmotsavam