Aadi Pooram Festival Pooram nakshatra in Aadi, kept as the birth of Andal at Srivilliputhur and as the day Shakti took form in the Amman temples.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Aadi Pooram
- தமிழ்
- ஆடிப் பூரம்
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
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The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
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This day does not fall again in the next three years at this place. A few days are tied to the solar month rather than to the civil year, so a year can hold two of them or none.
What the day is
Pooram nakshatra in Aadi, kept as the birth of Andal at Srivilliputhur and as the day Shakti took form in the Amman temples. Andal's garland is taken to Srirangam, and the valaikappu, the bangle ceremony, is done for the goddess as it would be for a woman expecting a child.
- Deity
- Andal, Amman
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
Pooram nakshatra at sunrise in Aadi. Where the star is the day-star twice inside the month the second is taken, as the almanacs do: 14 August in 2026, where the first Pooram of Aadi was 18 July.
The fast
No fast is required; many women eat only after the noon puja. Sweet pongal and payasam are offered and bangles are distributed.
Where the regions differ
A Tamil day, strongest at Srivilliputhur and in the Amman temples; Kerala keeps the month as Ramayana masam instead, and the Telugu calendar has no Aadi Pooram.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.