Aadi Perukku
| Aadi Perukku | |
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Aadi Perukku celebrations in Kaveri river | |
| Also called | Aadi Pathinettu Aadi Nombi Pathinettam Perukku |
| Observed by | Tamils |
| Type | Hindu |
| Significance | Welcoming increasing river levels during monsoon |
| Observances | Amman worship, offering to rivers, rituals |
| Date | 18th day of Aadi |
| Frequency | annual |
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| Tamils |
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Aadi Perukku, (ⓘ) is a Hindu festival celebrated by the Tamils on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi. The festival usually involves prayers on river banks to mark the increasing water levels during the monsoon and as a tribute to the life-sustaining properties of water. Hindu deity of Amman is worshiped with various rituals.