A calendar year for Tamil Nadu is dotted with some really colorful and culturally important festivals and that too a lot of them. The traditions of olden times are still very much prevalent in Tamil Nadu and they can be seen during the festivals that are celebrated in the state. The new tourist puller for Tamil Nadu from Festival group, are the dance festivals like Natyanjali Dance Festival. It is not that they were started in recent past, but they have been promoted only now, the way they ought to be promoted.
Like everywhere else, festivals in Tamil Nadu too are generally religious. But it is the amount of culture that is displayed in these festivals that makes them so very special. Most of the festivals are Temple Festivals. And why not; so many temples are present in the state and almost every temple has their own festival or fair. These festivals fall according to the months in Indian Calendar. And most of the temple festivals come between September and November, and between March and June. |
