Sengazhuneer Amman Temple, Veerampattinam – Festivals

Sengazhuneer Amman Temple, Veerampattinam – Festivals

A grand festival is celebrated every year for six continuous Fridays starting from the Tamil month of Aadi. Special importance is given to the fifth Friday, popularly called as Veerampattinam Ther Thiruvizha (Veerampattinam Car Festival) and is declared as public holiday by the Government of Puducherry. On this day, thousands of pilgrims throng this holy place to pull the Temple car and celebrate the festival. The festival is being celebrated since the date immemorial. Right from the days of the French rule, it was a custom to invite the Lt. Governor of Puducherry to commemorate the festival and start the Temple car procession by pulling its super giant rope.

The last Friday will evidence ‘Muthu Pallakku’ festival which is the end of the six-week-long festival. Over 100,000 to 200,000 people from different regions Puducherry and Tamil Nadu will gather for 5^th and 6^th Fridays. The people of the village come together to organize and celebrate the festival in a greater way with happiness. Other festivals including Masi Magam, Pongal, Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vijayadashami and Thirukarthigai were also celebrated at different occasions.