Carrying over
the head, Mulaipari (pots growing with nine different kinds of grains) is a
traditional south Indian festival popular in Tamil Nadu and takes place mostly
in Tamil Month called Adi (July-August). Adi is a month celebrated all-over the
Amman (goddess) Temples and carrying Mulaipari is a kind of offering to the
goddess, and traditionally prevailing legacy requesting good rain and fertility
of land, in order to secure a rich harvest. Most of the Amman temples still follow
this tradition which is intense in villages, where farmers preserve a part of
their harvested grains yearly in order to use in next season and to check the
standard of the seeds the Mulaipari is conducted.
At the villages
or towns, they built a strip shed close to the Amman Temples and on the day
beginning of the festival Mulaipari (nine kinds of grains) are cast at the shed
and the women in the villages gather over there and throw 21 varieties of seed
grains and grow them over the next nine days. During the nine days, women sing
and dance around the Mulaipari praying the goddess for a good harvest and on
the day ten Mulaipari is carried over by the women on the baskets as a
procession towards the temple is offered to the goddess. In this process whose
Mulaipari has grown well will share the seeds with others or that who’s
Mulaipari doesn’t show up. This traditionally conducting festival is celebrated
to bring prosperity along the way to farming and it’s supporting natural
sources.
Moreover,
seeing the growth of the crops in Mulaipari, the year’s yields is calculated
and so was taking Mulaipari is considered as a rite. Cultivating Mulaipari
isn’t just a rite or worshiping but a technique to pick out the seeds of vigour
to agriculture and cultivate quality seeds for next cultivation comfortable
from their villages itself and it is a festival in name of Mulaipari
celebrates technology!
The
Mulaipari captured in the images above was shot at Pannaikadu; a mountain
village slightly diverted from the road to Kodaikanal on the Ghats section.
Pannaikadu is just about 13km from my uncle’s woodhouse and cottages in
Thandikudi and we come across this Mulaipari procession during a course to
Kodaikanal while staying at the woodhouse last month. Women cladded in
colourful sarees carried the Mulaipari baskets on their heads and some with
milk pots walking to their destined temple. Pannaikadu has many temples and
people out there seems to have great devotion and faith on god and on Fridays
no meat shop is opened there perhaps because Friday is consider auspicious to
go on fast and most of them here worships lord Murugar.
8 comments:
Love these colorful scenes!
Hello
Wonderful photos of the festival. It is nice to learn about these traditions. The women in the colorful sarees are lovely. I love these colorful photos.
Wishing you a happy day!
What lovely colours!
Beautiful photos of the festival. The sarees are so pretty with all the different colours. Thanks so much for explaining the festival.
Thanks, Jeevan!
Interesting festivals. I know it is not easy to tie a saree. Happy weekend!
Colorful and creative photos of the traditional festival ~ and informative post about tradition ~
Happy Day to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
How colorful!
I like seeing all the baskets carried on their heads.
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