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Mayana kollai 2020 - மயான கொள்ளை | Angala Parameswari Amman | pondicherry Masana Kali melmalayanur

Mayana kollai - மயான கொள்ளை | Angala Parameswari Amman | Chennai Masana Kali 2020 melmalayanur vallalan kottai azhithal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2020 #melmalayanurangalamman #mayanakolai #அங்காளபரமேஸ்வரி India is known for its many festivals, the more you travel, leaving behind the bright lights of the city and into the interior parts of the country, the more enthralling and mesmerising each festival becomes. They are not just about the coming together of people to celebrate; rather every festival has a story behind it, linked to mythology, gods, and goddesses. The state of Tamil Nadu at the southern tip of India boasts of some extremely unique celebrations; one such is Mayanakollai, which is celebrated mostly in the districts of Vellore and Villupuram. Mayanakollai literally means ‘pillaging of the graveyard.’ Macabre, yes? The first time I witnessed Mayanakollai, I was riveted by the very fact that this festival began in a graveyard. Mayanakollai is celebrated in the Tamil month of Maasi (February to March) a day after Maha Shivaratri. It dates back to the pre-Vedic times and is a purely Dravidian celebratio. It may have initially originated as a prayer for the ancestors, hence the need to assemble at a burial ground, paying obeisance to their forefathers. On the day of the festival, a brightly bedecked goddess Angala Parameshwari is taken upon a chariot by devotees, in a procession through the city. It is a matter of pride and a proclamation of faith, and all the individual group of devotees try to outdo one another in their displays of colour, decoration, lighting effects and more.In this manner, Angala Parameshwari takes on different moods – happy, sad, angry, benevolent. The people too are dressed up: you will find them sporting large, artificial tongues which hang out of their mouths, their faces done up in different colours, with a disproportionate nose or eyes. They carry with them tridents or spears, and sometimes even live chickens and lambs. The overall effect is almost like a Halloween parade. he fest is not the prerogative of men alone – Thirunangais (transgender women) are an integral part of this parade At the burial ground is a mammoth mud statue of Angala Parameshwari. Each group arrives at the burial ground and makes their way to the statue. At the foot of the clay figure, they are seized with frenzy. As I watched, one devotee bit off the neck of a chicken, collected the blood that gushed out and mixed it with rice, which was then made into balls and offered to the goddess. The remaining was thrown at the eager and almost hysteric crowd. What is the origin of this festival? The search for an answer took me to Melmalayanur, a small town in Villupuram district where the oldest and most popular temple to the goddess is located. The temple itself was built over a thousand years ago and is situated next to a burial ground.the temple priest was able to give me a good account of the myth upon which this festival is based. Just outside the Melmalayanur temple is a huge statue of Shiva-Parvathi; the right side is Shiva and the left is Parvathi. It is believed that Angala Parameshwari resides permanently in Melmalayanur. This legend explains why devotees dress up as the goddess and pay obeisance by eating the rice mixed with blood, but does not explain the Thirunangais’ relationship with Angala Parameshwari as their own special god. Nor does it go into the details of why devotees wear entrails around themselves. Outside the temple in Melmalayanur, Thirunangais work as fortune-tellers and are visited by hoards of devotees who go to them for solutions to their problems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ follow me at: youtube:    / @mannvaasanai4375   instagram :https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=ht... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ if u like the video 1.like 2.share 3.comment 4.subscribe and press the bell icon and press all option ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ for any advertisement or sponsor contact: 9597627605 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~thank you~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~