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Somewhere above the clouds, a bird once beat its wings so hard that mountains trembled and the ocean drew back in fear. That bird was Garuda — and once a year, the whole sky seems to remember him. This year, that memory returns on Monday, 17th August 2026, the Shukla Paksha Panchami of Shravan month, when devotees across India light a lamp not for a snake, not for a river, but for the one creature bold enough to challenge heaven itself for his mother's freedom. What Is Garuda Panchami? Garuda Panchami is dedicated to Garuda, the golden eagle who serves...

There is one Friday every year when South Indian homes quietly transform. Brass lamps are polished until they mirror the morning light. A kalasha is dressed like a bride — turmeric, vermilion, mango leaves, a coconut crown. And a woman sits before it, eyes closed, asking for nothing extravagant. Just health for her family. Peace under her roof. A little more grace to carry the weight she carries every other day of the year. That Friday is Varalakshmi Vratham. In 2026, it falls on August 21 — the last Friday of Shravana Shukla Paksha, arriving quietly a week before Raksha...

There is a particular kind of rain that falls over Tamil Nadu in the month of Aadi — not the harsh, testing rain of early monsoon, but a softer, more forgiving one. Old grandmothers used to say that on one particular Friday in this rain-soaked month, the Goddess herself steps down from the heavens to walk among her children. That day is Aadi Pooram. It isn't a loud festival. There are no fireworks, no processions that stop traffic for miles. And yet, in thousands of homes across Tamil Nadu and wherever Tamil families have settled, women quietly reach for glass...

The Tamil month of Aadi which falls between mid-July to mid-August is considered one of the auspicious months to worship the deities especially goddesses i.e. Amman. This is a very special month to worship the goddesses especially the favourite god and the family deity or the clan deity. The new moon day (Amavasya falls in the month of Aadi and is considered very auspicious to feed the ancestral souls and seek their blessings) Why is Aadi month Special : This month is traditionally associated with the Dakshinayanam, the moment of the towards the south. This period is considered the night...

There is a moment, every year, when the Kaveri stops being just a river. For eleven months, she is water — useful, distant, taken for granted the way we take the sky for granted. But on one particular morning in the month of Aadi, something shifts. Women walk to her banks before sunrise, banana leaves balanced on their hips, heavy with rice, turmeric, flowers, and quiet hope. Children run ahead, chasing the smell of steaming pongal. And for a few hours, an entire state remembers that a river is not a resource. She is a mother. This is Aadi Perukku...