Festivals in Kanchipuram

Festivals are a lot of fun for celebrating as well as viewing. There are a lot of festivals and the best time for visiting a tourist destination is when there is a festival in that particular region. Kanchipuram is a tourist destination of great importance.

The Kanchipuram festivals are beautiful in every aspect being one of the holy places in South India. They are important and also depict traditions, mythology and the life of the local people. The Kanchipuram festivals, India play a vital part in attracting numerous tourists.

There are many festivals in this region owing to the rich culture and tradition of the region. Many of these festivals provide a peek into the history of the temple town.

One such festival happens to be the Brahmotsavam festival that is held in May at the Varadaraja Temple. This is a ten day festival as an honor to Lord Varadaraja along with Sridevi and Bhoodevi.

This Kanchipuram festival is attended by thousands of pilgrims. The 7th day of this Kanchipuram festival, India is the chariot festival. This day is marked by a grand procession by which the deities are taken around the city. The temple also witnesses a Float Festival during the months of February and November.

The Kanchipuram festival, India is marked by grand procession during the Brahmotsavam festival and the 63 Nayanmar saints are also taken on a procession. The Sankara Jayanti is celebrated for 10 days at the Kamakshi Amman Temple. Navaratri is another grand festival celebrated and the goddess is adorned with jewels and fineries and is taken out in procession.

All the nine days during Navaratri, the temple is decorated beautifully and devotees keep pouring right from early morning. Kanchipuram festivals take lead with puja, decoration, celebration and devotion. Pujas are done regularly and ritually.

The Mahashivarathri is celebrated in the Kailasanatha temple and is totally dedicated to Lord Shiva. This day ardent devotees throng the temple to catch a glimpse of the lingam and to offer prayers. The Kanchipuram festival, India is a land of festivals as there are more than 250 temples and so the temple festivals are a part of it.

All the Kanchipuram festivals are celebrated but vary in scale as well as in elaboration. Similarly, all the gods are not taken in processions from their precincts. The religious centers and the ritualized relations of the gods contain legendary details and the interpretations by the participants or spectators represent these incidents.