Panguni Uthiram is a highly auspicious and spiritually significant day. In the 12th month of the Tamil solar calendar, i.e., Panguni (March-April), on the day when the moon transits in the Uthiram (in Sanskrit “Uttara-phalguni”) nakshatra, it is called Panguni Uthiram. It is also a full moon day.
It is a day that is important for all Hindu sects: Smarthas, Saivites, Vaishnavites, etc.
Hindu Scriptures on Panguni Uthiram
Hindu scriptures like the puranas, Ithihaas, Thevaara Pathikam and Periyapuraanam have made various references to the importance of this day.
Nayanars
Sundarar
It is on this auspicious day that Sundara Moorthi Nayanar’s wife, Paravayaar, was accustomed to distribute money, wealth and riches in charity. (Paravayar who was none other than Kamalini, the attendant of Parvathi in Kailasa. Daily she would go to the temple and worship the Lord with faith and devotion and sing).
The Chola king, who was Nami Nandi Adigal’s contemporary, celebrated every Panguni Uttaram festival on a grand scale.
Celestial Marriages
It was on Panguni Uthiram day that the celestial marriages of Parvati (in the form of Gowri) and Parameswara, Murugan and Deivanai, Aandaal and Rangamannar, Narayana and Kamalavalli Naachiyaar had taken place. According to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, it is on this holy day too that Sita’s marriage with Rama was celebrated. And Lord Ayyappa incarnated on this very day. Mother Mahalakshmi incarnated on earth from milk ocean (in the wake of the ocean having been churned by the Devas and the asuras) on Panguni Uthiram—Her appearance day is celebrated as Mahalakshmi Jayanti.
Brahmaanda Purana says that on Panguni Uthiram every holy water joins Thumburu teertha, which is one of seven sacred tanks in Tirupati Tirumala.
This day underscores the preeminence, distinction and splendor of grahasta dharma (married life). On Panguni Uthiram, in all places where Lord Subrahmanya has a temple, his devotees celebrate the day with grand devotion and Muruga Bhava.
2011’s Panguni Uthiram coincides with Holi festival: In North India, it is celebrated to glorify Sri Krsna who vanquished Holika or Putana, and in the South, it is remembered for Lord Shiva’s burning Kama, the Hindu cupid.
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