{"id":83865,"date":"2024-03-18T17:19:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instaastro.com\/blog\/?p=83865"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T09:38:26","slug":"chithirai-thiruvizha-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instaastro.com\/blog\/chithirai-thiruvizha-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025: Celebrating The Sacred Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Tamil Nadu, also known as the Temple Land of India, is near to celebrate one of the most glorious and energetic festivals of their state: Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025. The festival celebrates the union of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva in their avatar forms, and Lord Vishnu is the bride&#8217;s brother. Read below to know more!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instaastro.app.link\/dV9EUvg5Zub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61173 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cfblog.instaastro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12160135\/family-2-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"English CTR\" width=\"798\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfblog.instaastro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12160135\/family-2-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cfblog.instaastro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12160135\/family-2-150x51.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cfblog.instaastro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12160135\/family-2.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Dates of Chithirai Thiruvizah 2025<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">The dates for this festival are considered to be in the first month of the Tamil calendar, which is the month of Chithira. With the new Moon, the festivities begin for this festival. Also, keep in mind that it is a 15-day festival. Let us have a look at which dates this festival is going to take place in 2025. These Madurai Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025 dates are as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n<table dir=\"ltr\" style=\"height: 232px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"990\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-baot=\"1\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"306\" \/>\n<col width=\"269\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Festivities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dates<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Kodi Yetram<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">29th April 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Pattabhishekam<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">6th May 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Digvijayam<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">7th May 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Thirukalyanam<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">8th May 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Thiru Therottam<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">9th\u00a0May 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sri Kallazhagar Vaigai Aatril Ezhuntharural<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">12th May 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Chithirai Thiruvizah 2025: The Tale Of Miracle And Union<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">The story of the Meenatchi Thirukalyanam festival is related to the avatars of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, namely Meenakshi and Sundareshwara. In this tale, Lord Vishnu plays the part of Goddess Meenakshi\u2019s brother.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Birth of Meenakshi<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the traditional tale, Meenakshi was the daughter of<strong> King Malayadhvaja and Queen Kanchana<\/strong> of Pandya. They <strong>did not have a child for a long time<\/strong>, so they performed some rituals, hoping to get an heir to their throne. During the rituals, a <strong>three-year-old girl came to life from the fire<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">The happy couple named her Meenakshshi. She was a unique child for two reasons. First, it was told by her parents that she was the <strong>form of Goddess Parvati<\/strong> and that Lord Shiva would come to marry her. Another is because she was <strong>born with three breasts<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Meenakshi and Shiva Unite<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Meenakshi was trained in warfare. After her father\u2019s demise, <strong>she took to the throne<\/strong> and conquered all she could. She then <strong>started the conquest of Kailasha<\/strong>. Upon reaching the mountain of Kailash, she <strong>instantly fell in love with Lord Shiva<\/strong> upon seeing him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">This made her realise that she was none other than a form of Parvati. This is the time when her third breast fell off. Lord Shiva told Meenakshi that he would come to marry her as promised, and thus, <strong>she must return to her state and wait for his arrival<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Wedding of Meenakshi and Sundareshwara<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">It was finally the day of <strong>Meenakshi and Sundareshwara&#8217;s wedding<\/strong>. In the form of Sundareshwara, Lord Shiva arrived at Madurai to marry Meenakshi. Meenakshi\u2019s brother, Alagar, who is seen to be a form of Lord Vishnu, was also invited to the wedding. <strong>Alagar was excited about his sister\u2019s wedding<\/strong> and started the journey to reach Madurai from his residence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To protect himself, he decides to travel as a robber. However, at times, he needed to hide from the guards; along with this, the dense forests of Alagar hills played a part in delaying him. Upon reaching the river Vaigai, <strong>he realised he was late<\/strong>, and his sister was already married. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">Shiva&#8217;s Trick And Alagar&#8217;s Fury\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">During the wedding rituals, <strong>Lord Shiva took the form of Alagar and performed the Kanyadan<\/strong>. He did this to showcase that Vishnu and Shiva are all the same. Upon learning this, Vishnu was angered. He, thus, decided to return. Upon learning about Vishnu&#8217;s fury, Meenakshi and Sundareshwara went to the Vaigai River. There, <strong>they pacified Alagar<\/strong> and took the gifts he brought as wedding presents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Significance of Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">As the story above suggests, this festival is known to celebrate the sacred bond of Shiv and Parvati and the bond between Shiva and Vishnu. The <strong>marriage signifies their love and commitment<\/strong> towards one another; however, apart from this, the time when <strong>Shiva took Alagar\u2019s avatar signifies that Shiva and Vishnu are the same<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Apart from this, the festival is also seen as a <strong>uniting factor for the worshippers of Shaiva and Vishnava<\/strong>. This festival combines both aspects: the wedding from the Shaiva sect and the Alagar incident from the Vaishnava sect. It is considered to be a beginning to bond the two parts of the Hindu religion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Festivities of Chithirai Thiruvizha 2025<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">The festival is unique as it is one of the longest festivals celebrated in the entire nation. It consists of 15-day festivities that include <strong>six crucial and significantly important events<\/strong>. Let&#8217;s examine these festivities and how people tend to celebrate them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>1. Kodi Yetram (29th April 2025)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">The Kodi Yetram is most commonly known as the <strong>flag hoisting<\/strong>. It happens on the first day of the Madurai festival. During this event, the chief priest of the Meenakshi temple hosts the holy flag of the temples. This indicates the beginning of the festival. The flag is said to stay until the end of all the festivities for the Chithirai Thiruvizha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>2. Pattabhishekam (6th May 2025)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">The Pattabhishekam, also known as the <strong>coronation ceremony<\/strong>, takes place on the 8th day of the festival and is highly significant. In this ceremony, Meenakshi is crowned as the queen of Madurai and given the power to rule the Pandya kingdom for the next four months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>3. Digvijayam (7th May 2025)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Digvijayam is another significant event of this festival, held on the 9th day. This ceremony showcases that <strong>Meenakshi, after being crowned Queen, goes into war with the neighbouring places<\/strong> and emerges victorious. She also goes to Kailasha, finds Lord Shiva there, and instantly falls in love with him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>4. Meenakshi Sundareshwara Thirukalyanam (8th May 2025)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">This is one of the most important days of the festival as <strong>it is the wedding day<\/strong>. The Kalyanam, or the wedding, happens on the 10th day of the festival. On this day, the devotees visit the Meenakshi temple to take a holy dip in the golden lotus lake. After this, they worship Meenakshi following the age-old traditional practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>5. Thiru Therottam (9th May 2025)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Thiru Therottam is another significant ceremony that takes place on the 11th day of the festival. After the wedding, the newlyweds, Meenakshi and Sundareshwara, come out in beautiful chariots to see their subjects. It is also known as a ceremony where the <strong>newlyweds visit their kingdom<\/strong> and give their people the first look.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>6. Sri Kallazhagar Vaigai Aatril Ezhuntharural (12th May 2025)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Lastly, the Sri Kallazhagar Vaigai Aatril Ezhuntharural takes place. This ceremony is significant as it <strong>demonstrates the part where Lord Vishnu refuses to enter Madurai<\/strong> and proceeds to return to Alagar. Here, Meenakshi and Sundareshwara go to pacify him.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"custom-faq\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/FAQPage\"> <div class=\"faq-item\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"faq-question\"><h4 class=\"faq-question-heading\" itemprop=\"name\">1. When is Chithirai 2025?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"faq-answer\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"faq-answer-text\" itemprop=\"text\">Chithirai 2025 will begin on 29th April 2025 and will continue till 12th April 2025.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"faq-item\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"faq-question\"><h4 class=\"faq-question-heading\" itemprop=\"name\">2. How long is Chithirai celebrated for?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"faq-answer\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"faq-answer-text\" itemprop=\"text\">Chithirai festival is a huge deal in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated for 15 days and depicts the entire tale of Meenakshi, Sundereswara, and Alagar.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"faq-item\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"faq-question\"><h4 class=\"faq-question-heading\" itemprop=\"name\">3. In which state Chithirai Festival is celebrated?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"faq-answer\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"faq-answer-text\" itemprop=\"text\">Chithirai festival is known to be the most glorious and celebrated festival of Tamil Nadu.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"faq-item\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"faq-question\"><h4 class=\"faq-question-heading\" itemprop=\"name\">4. What is the Meenakshi Kalyanam festival?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"faq-answer\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"faq-answer-text\" itemprop=\"text\">Meenakshi Kalyanam, also known as Chithirai, is a festival that celebrates the wedding of Lord Shiva as Sundereswara and Goddess Parvati as Meenakshi.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"faq-item\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"faq-question\"><h4 class=\"faq-question-heading\" itemprop=\"name\">5. When was Chithirai festival started?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"faq-answer\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"faq-answer-text\" itemprop=\"text\">The Chitthirai festival began during the years 1623-1659.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"faq-item\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"faq-question\"><h4 class=\"faq-question-heading\" itemprop=\"name\">6. Which God is worshipped in Chithirai festival?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"faq-answer\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"faq-answer-text\" itemprop=\"text\">The Chithirai festival is about the wedding of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva in their Meenakshi and Sundereshwara avatars. Lord Vishnu is known to be the brother of Meenakshi in this festival.<\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>For interesting Astrological Facts and Videos, follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/instaastrosocial\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and read your\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instaastro.com\/horoscope\/today-horoscope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">daily horoscope<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tamil Nadu, also known as the Temple Land of India,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":83890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[648,3427,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calendar","8":"category-english","9":"category-festivals"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v23.0) - 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