Meenakshi Thirukalyanam

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Meenakshi Thirukalyanam is a major South Indian Hindu festival celebrating the divine marriage of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar, central to the religious and cultural life of Madurai.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious festival
South Indian festival
Temple festival
approxGregorianMonth April
May
associatedArtForms Tamil devotional music
temple rituals and decorations
associatedCity Madurai
associatedMythology legend of Meenakshi’s birth and marriage to Shiva as Sundareswarar
associatedWith Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
Shaivism
Tamil Hindu temple traditions
category Hindu festivals in Tamil Nadu
Religious festivals in Madurai
celebratedFor marital harmony and prosperity blessings
centralTheme divine marriage of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar
culturalSignificance central to religious life of Madurai
major event in Madurai’s annual festival calendar
devotionalActivities bhajans and devotional singing
special pujas and homams
devotionalFocus celebration of divine couple Meenakshi and Sundareswarar
drawsParticipantsFrom Madurai district
surface form: Madurai region

Tamil Nadu
Tamil diaspora
festivalType marriage festival of deities
hasProcessions decorated palanquin processions
temple chariot processions
importanceLevel major South Indian Hindu festival
languageRegion Tamil-speaking regions
linkedTempleDeity Goddess Meenakshi
surface form: Meenakshi Amman

Sundareswarar
locatedIn India
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
majorRitual procession of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar
symbolic wedding ceremony in temple
observedDuring Tamil month of Chithirai
partOf Chithirai Festival
surface form: Chithirai festival
performedAt Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
surface form: Meenakshi Amman Temple complex
primaryDeity Goddess Meenakshi
Sundareswarar
surface form: Lord Sundareswarar
religion Hinduism
ritualType kalyanam (sacred wedding ceremony)
socialAspect large public gatherings in Madurai
symbolism prosperity and fertility
union of Shiva and Shakti

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Madurai hasFestival Meenakshi Thirukalyanam
Ramanathaswamy Temple festival Meenakshi Thirukalyanam
this entity surface form: Thirukalyanam (divine marriage festival)
Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple festival Meenakshi Thirukalyanam
Chithirai Festival featuresRitual Meenakshi Thirukalyanam
this entity surface form: Meenakshi Pattabhishekam
Chithirai Festival featuresRitual Meenakshi Thirukalyanam