Tag: Over 4000 Students Participate in ‘Aadi Perukku’

Over 4000 Students Participate in ‘Aadi Perukku’ Celebration at Dr MGR Janaki Women’s College. Chennai, 01 Aug. 2025 Over 4,000 students of Dr. MGR-Janaki Women's College celebrated Aadi Perukku, a Tamil festival observed on the eighteenth day of the Tamil month of Aadi to express gratitude for rivers. Donning half-sarees and sarees, students performed many traditional practices, capturing the essence of the occasion. During the celebration,students participate d in the 'mulaipari' worship, carrying earthen pots filled with sprouts from nine different types of grains and legumes. The girls floated lamps in a small pond, in a sy mbolic. To add to the festivity, students perform ance med traditional folk dances during the occasion and included ‘Devarattam’, ‘Karakatta...