
The temple car is the second largest in Tamilnadu next only to the car at Tiruvarur. The temple has a massive car (Ther) with a decorated height of 75 feet. Brahmostsavam is celebrated during the Tamil month of Adi.

Pongal, Adiperukku, Karthigai Deepam, Temple Car festival, Chithirai and Brahmostsavam are the chief festivals celebrated in the district. MLA Assembly Constituencies in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu “Persons who are not differently abled are also welcome to register for the ‘swayamvaram.’Īnd this has been an amazing success, so much so that “In the last two years, 77 couples have been united through our initiative” according to the Welfare Association for the Differently Abled.Lok Sabha Constituencies in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu (MP Constituencies) The Differently Abled Women’s Welfare Association holds a yearly event where disabled singles can chose a partner. In ancient time swayamvara was a form of arranged marriage whereby a girl of marriageble age chose a husband in one day from a list of eligible men and was subsequently married that same evening.Ī modern form of ‘Swayamvaram’ was started a few years ago in Madurai to match differently abled couples. I particularly liked the scheme in Madurai called swayamvara. It has made great strides in trying to integrate transgender people into society and includes welfare schemes initiated by the Government.

Tamil Nadu has an estimated population of more than 30,000 transgender people. The south of India still has pockets of communist mayors and this has resulted in a general higher level of education, health care and social welfare than other parts of India. Much of southern India had had socialist and even Communist Party of India elected regional governments since independence and I was staying at the Moskva Hotel, really an Indian businessman’s hotel, so great food as usual.

Praying outside temple.everyone stops at some point around the temple to pray.
