Chithirai Festival 2020: Know the history and significance of the festival

Chithirai Festival is also kwn as Chithirai Thiruvizha. annual festival is celebrated in city of Murai during month of April. Chithirai Festival 2020 marks during Tamil month of Chithirai. festival lasts for a month from which initial 15  days record celebrations of  coronation of Goddess Meenakshi and marri of Lord Sundareswara and Goddess Meenakshi. furrmost 15 days are devoted to  journey of Lord Alagar from Kallazhagar temple in Alagar Koyil to Murai. Re ahe to get more details about Chithirai Festival's history and significance. 

Chithirai Festival History 

Chithirai festival has two different stories, according to Hindu guidelines. One history is about Goddess Meenakshi and marri of Lord Sundareswara while story or marks  journey of Lord Alagar from Kallazhagar temple in Alagar Koyil to Murai. Check out both histories. 

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As per writings, King Malayhwaja Pandian and Queen Kanchana Malai did t have a child for a long time. So king performed a special pooja and offered his prayers to God. During his pooja, a small girl came out of fire and sat on lap of king and at that time Lord arrived from sky and told m that this child was an incarnation of Shakti (Wife of Lord Shiva) and Lord Shiva himself would come to marry her at right .

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King Malayhwaja Pandian's daughter was named Meenakshi and she was trained in warfare. After death of her far, she was crowned as  Queen of Pandya kingdom. queen captured world with her war skills. When Meenakshi went to Kailasham to conquer it, she faced Lord Shiva in battlefield and she fell in love with him. Later she realised that she is an avatar of Shakti. Later, Lord Shiva and Meenakshi got married and ruled Pandya kingdom under name Sundara Pandyan.

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According to  or history, when a saint Mandooka Rishi was taking bath in holy waters of Aagaayagangai in Alagar hills,  most powerful and short-tempered Durvasar Maharishi came by way. saint did t tice his arrival and Durvasa took this as an insult. So he cursed Mandooka to become a frog and live in river Vaigai. After living in river as a frog he proposed his prayers to Lord Alagar. Alagar was pleased by prayers of Mandooka rishi and he himself went to river Vaigai to lift curse off Mandooka rishi.

Chithirai Festival Significance - 

During rule of King Thirumalai Nayakar, both se festivals were merged as one single celebration to unite people of two groups, Saivism and Vaishnavite. Since n  Chithirai Festival has been celebrated as one grand event during Tamil month of Chithirai. Thousands of devotees gared in temple for celebrations. 

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