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Pushkaram:
- Pushkaram is an Indian festival dedicated to worshiping of rivers.
- Celebrations/ceremonies include ancestor worship, devotional music and cultural programmes, spiritual discourses.
- It is also known as Pushkaralu (in Telugu), Pushkara or Pushkar.
- Hindus believe that taking a dip in the river during Pushkaram would wipe off all the sins.
Happens each year at one of 12 rivers:
- Pushkaram is celebrated at shrines along the banks of 12 major sacred rivers (mentioned in ancient texts) in India.
- Pushkaralu celebration happens annually at one of the 12 rivers, and thus happens at each river once in only 12 years.
- Each river is associated with a zodiac sign, and the river for each year’s festival is based on which sign Jupiter (Guru) is in at the time.
- This year, it is happening at Kaveri/Cauvery river.
Cauvery Pushkaram:
- This year Jupiter has entered Libra zodiac sign (Tula raasi) and the river associated with it is Cauvery.
- Cauvery pushkaram is most commonly stated as the festival of the river Kaveri.
- The Cauvery Pushkaram also happens every 12 years.
River Cauvery:
- It rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats.
- It flows through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
- It breaks into a large number of distributaries forming a wide delta called the “garden of southern India.”
- The Kaveri’s main tributaries are the Kabani, Amaravati, Noyil, and Bhavani rivers.
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- Pushkaram is an Indian festival dedicated to worshiping of rivers.
- Celebrations/ceremonies include ancestor worship, devotional music and cultural programmes, spiritual discourses.
- It is also known as Pushkaralu (in Telugu), Pushkara or Pushkar.
- Hindus believe that taking a dip in the river during Pushkaram would wipe off all the sins.
Happens each year at one of 12 rivers:
- Pushkaram is celebrated at shrines along the banks of 12 major sacred rivers (mentioned in ancient texts) in India.
- Pushkaralu celebration happens annually at one of the 12 rivers, and thus happens at each river once in only 12 years.
- Each river is associated with a zodiac sign, and the river for each year’s festival is based on which sign Jupiter (Guru) is in at the time.
- This year, it is happening at Kaveri/Cauvery river.
Cauvery Pushkaram:
- This year Jupiter has entered Libra zodiac sign (Tula raasi) and the river associated with it is Cauvery.
- Cauvery pushkaram is most commonly stated as the festival of the river Kaveri.
- The Cauvery Pushkaram also happens every 12 years.
River Cauvery:
- It rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats.
- It flows through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
- It breaks into a large number of distributaries forming a wide delta called the “garden of southern India.”
- The Kaveri’s main tributaries are the Kabani, Amaravati, Noyil, and Bhavani rivers.
Section : History & Culture