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Theni District

         Best Time to visit

               

               June to October 
               November to Febraury

               March to June  

                                                     

Theni District is an alluring  district of Tamil Nadu state in South India. Theni is blessed with variety of tourist spots. With the stately Western Ghats surrounding this pictorial district, it is most certainly worth to visit.

Best Places In Theni

1.      Meghamalai - High Wavy Mountains

2.      Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary

3.      Sri Saneeswara Baghwan Temple

4.      Bodinayakkanur, Theni

5.      Suruli Falls

6.      Kumbakkarai Falls

7.      kurangani

8.      Tiger Falls

9.      Vaigai Dam

10.  Manjalar Dam

11.  Shanmuganadhi Dam

12.  Eravangalar Dam

13.  Kannagi Temple

14.  Bodimettu

Festivals 

Pongal is a harvest festival dedicated to the Sun. The term 'pongal' in Tamil means "to boil", and this festival is celebrated as a thanks giving ceremony for the year's harvest . festivals, falls around the same time as Lohri every year, which is around mid-January. They celebrated Pongal by distributing sugarcane pieces and collectively bringing to boil the quintessential made of rice, milk and jiggery

It is a four-day festival which according to the Tamil calendar is usually celebrated from 14 January to 17 January .

1.Bogi Festival

Bhogi is the first day of the four-day Pongal festival. ... It is a festival celebrated widely in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. On Bhogi, people discard old and derelict things and concentrate on new things causing change or transformation

2.Thai Pongal

This day, a special ritual is performed where rice and milk are boiled together in an earthen pot - to which a turmeric plant is tied - out in the open as an offering to the sun god. Along with this, sticks of sugarcane, coconuts and bananas are also offered.

Another important aspect of this day is the kolam, the traditional design hand-drawn at the entrance of houses with lime powder. This auspicious drawing must be done early in the morning and only after a bath.

 

3.Mattu Pongal

Second Day Mattu Pongal, the day of Pongal for cows. Multi-colored beads, tinkling bells, sheaves of  corn and flower garlands are tied around the neck of the cattle and then are worshiped. They are fed with Pongal and taken to the village centers

      Jallikattu 

Jallikattu is typically practised in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day, which occurs annually in January

   Rekla race

This is a bull cart race. During the festival of Pongal, this is conducted. A small cart drawn by a single bull or two bulls is used for this

4.Kaanum Pongal

Kaanum (or Kanu) Pongal marks the last day of Pongal. On this day, a ritual is performed where the leftover sweet Pongal and other food are set out in the courtyard on a washed turmeric leaf, along with betel leaves, betel nuts and sugar cane.

Women of the household carry out this ritual in the name of their brothers, asking for their prosperity.

Nearest Airport

Madurai Airport

Languages Spoken

Tamil, Malayalam, English