Aadi Perukku

What is worn for Aadi Perukku

Aadi Perukku is kept on the eighteenth day of the Tamil month of Aadi, in early August, when the rivers rise with the monsoon. People go to riverbanks, the Kaveri above all, to thank the water, make offerings of flowers, rice and lamps, and eat a picnic of mixed rice. Newly married women pray for their husbands, and newly married couples are sent gifts by the bride's family. New clothes are worn, and in Tamil Nadu the month of Aadi is also known for sales at saree and textile shops. Women often wear a new cotton or silk saree, and the date is usually 3 or 4 August, depending on when the month begins.

The sarees

SariNew cotton and silk sarees are worn, and shops hold sales through Aadi.