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Festivals
of Tamil Nadu |
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A calendar year
for Tamil Nadu is dotted with some really colorful and
culturally important festivals and that too a lot of them. The
traditions of olden times are still very much prevalent in
Tamil Nadu and they can be seen during the festivals that are
celebrated in the state. The new tourist puller for Tamil Nadu
from Festival group, are the dance festivals like Natyanjali
Dance Festival.
It is not that they were started in recent past, but they have
been promoted only now, the way they ought to be promoted.Like
everywhere else, festivals in Tamil Nadu too are generally
religious. But it is the amount of culture that is displayed
in these festivals that makes them so very special. Most of
the festivals are Temple Festivals.
And why not; so many temples are present in the state and
almost every temple has their own festival or fair. These
festivals fall according to the months in Indian Calendar. And
most of the temple festivals come between September and
November, and between March and June. |
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Month |
Date |
Festival |
Place |
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December |
1 - 19 |
Chennai Dance
Festival (December Season) |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
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January |
11 - 2 |
Sri Krishna Gana
Sabha |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
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December |
25 - 25 |
Mamallapuram Dance
Festival |
Mamallapuram, Tamil
Nadu |
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December |
26 - 25 |
Mahabalipuram Dance
Festival |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
2 |
Arudra Darisanam |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
7 - 9 |
Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
14 |
Pongal |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
14 |
Bhogi Pongal |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
15 |
Surya Pongal |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
16 |
Jallikattu Festival |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
16 |
Mattu Pongal |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
19 |
Float Festival |
Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
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January |
20 |
Thaipusam |
Tamil Nadu |
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January |
22 - 24 |
Gharana Music
Festival |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
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January |
31 - 3 |
India International
Leather Fair |
Tamil Nadu |
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February |
12 - 16 |
Natyanjali Festival |
Tamil Nadu |
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March |
19 |
Panguni Uthiram |
Tamil Nadu |
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April |
14 |
Tamil New Year |
Tamil Nadu |
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April |
21 - 1 |
Tyagaraja Aradhana |
Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil
Nadu |
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May |
27 |
Vaikasi Visakam |
Tamil Nadu |
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August |
29 - 8 |
Velankanni Church
Festival |
Velankanni, Tamil
Nadu |
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December |
1 - 19 |
Chennai Music
Festival (December Season) |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
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December |
6 |
Vaikunta Ekadesi |
Tamil Nadu |
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