Aadi festival, a month-long festival during Aadi month in Tamil calendar, begins on July 17, 2026. The festival begins on the first Tuesday of Tamil month of Aadi (July 21, 2026). Avvayar Amman temple in Nagercoil is one of the holy places in Tamil Nadu where Aadi festival is celebrated with utmost gaiety.
Women offer special pujas to Avvayar Amman during Aadi month. Unmarried women offer worship to the Goddess to seek blessings to get good husband and to bear children. Married women pray to the Goddess for marital bliss and longer life of their husbands.
Nagercoil Avvayar Amman temple attracts thousands of devotees from all across Tamil Nadu and also from Kerala.
Friday – 17 July 2026 – Aadi Velli (Aadi Friday) (Aadi 2)
Friday – 24 July 2026 – Aadi Velli (Aadi Friday) (Aadi 9)
Friday – 31 July 2026 – Aadi Velli (Aadi Friday) (Aadi 16)
Friday – 7 August 2026 – Aadi Velli (Aadi Friday) (Aadi 23)
Friday – 14 August 2026 – Aadi Velli (Aadi Friday) (Aadi 30)
Tuesday, 21 July 2026 – Aadi Chevvai (Aadi Tuesday) (Aadi 5)
Tuesday, 28 July 2026 – Aadi Chevvai (Aadi Tuesday) (Aadi 12)
Tuesday, 4 August 2026 – Aadi Chevvai (Aadi Tuesday) (Aadi 19)
Tuesday, 11 August 2026 – Aadi Chevvai (Aadi Tuesday) (Aadi 26)