What is Aadi Perukku?

It's the eighteenth day of the Tamil month Aadi, in early August, when the rivers are full from the monsoon. Families go to the riverbank, worship the water, and eat a picnic of coloured rices, lemon, tamarind, coconut, curd. It's a thanksgiving for the water that makes the farming year work, strongest along the Kaveri.

Aadi Perukku

Tamil

आडी पेरुक्कु · આડી પેરુક્કુ

Next date

4 August 2027

Wednesday · Shukla Dwitiya

Tithi begins11:52 AM · 3 Aug

Tithi ends08:20 AM

Full panchang for this day

About

Celebration of water and its life-giving properties on the 18th day of Aadi month. Offerings made near rivers and water bodies.

Falls on: Aadi 18, the eighteenth day of the month, around 2 to 3 August. A fixed date, not a nakshatra.

What it is

Perukku means rising. The monsoon has filled the rivers and the Kaveri is in flood, the festival honours the water that makes the year's crop possible. Families gather on riverbanks, worship the water, and float small offerings.

Food

Coloured rices, lemon, tamarind, coconut, curd, sesame, packed and eaten by the river.

Common questions

What is Aadi Perukku?: It's the eighteenth day of the Tamil month Aadi, in early August, when the rivers are full from the monsoon. Families go to the riverbank, worship the water, and eat a picnic of coloured rices, lemon, tamarind, coconut, curd. It's a thanksgiving for the water that makes the farming year work, strongest along the Kaveri.

2026

Aug3MonMondayKrishna PanchamiTithi begins11:15 PM · 2 AugTithi ends10:54 PM

2027

Aug4WedWednesdayNextShukla DwitiyaTithi begins11:52 AM · 3 AugTithi ends08:20 AM