- By Kashish Rai
- Sat, 08 Feb 2025 02:15 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Thai Pournami 2025: The full moon day in the Tamil month of Thai - Thai Pournami holds great significance in the Tamil calendar. It marks the celebration of Thaipusam, a festival honouring Lord Murugan. This auspicious day is believed to bring spiritual growth, self-reflection and community bonding. Devotees seek blessings, forgiveness, and a deeper connection with their faith and heritage. Thai Pournami is also considered an ideal time for new beginnings, fresh starts and spiritual rejuvenation, making it a sacred and joyous occasion for the Tamil community. This year, Thai Pournami will be observed on 12th February 2025.
Check out the date, time, significance and rituals of this sacred full moon day as per the Tamil Calendar below:
Thai Pournami 2025: Date And Time
- Thai Pournami 2025 Date: 12th February 2025
- Pournami Tithi Begins: 06:55 PM, 11th February 2025
- Pournami Tithi Ends: 07:22 PM, 12th February 2025
Thai Pournami 2025: Significance
Thai Pournami is a significant event in the Tamil calendar. It marks the celebration of Thaipusam, a festival honouring Lord Murugan, the deity of wisdom, courage and wealth. This auspicious day is believed to bring spiritual growth, self-reflection and community bonding. Devotees seek blessings, forgiveness and a deeper connection with their faith and heritage.
Thai Pournami is also considered an ideal time for new beginnings, fresh starts and spiritual rejuvenation. It's a day when devotees come together to offer prayers, perform rituals and seek the divine blessings of Lord Murugan. By observing Thai Pournami, devotees aim to purify their minds, bodies and souls and to align themselves with the divine energies of the universe.
Thai Pournami celebrates Thaipusam, honouring Lord Murugan, promoting spiritual growth, self-reflection and community bonding. (Image Source: Canva)
Thai Pournami 2025: Rituals
In Tamil culture, Thai Pournami is celebrated with great fervour and devotion. The rituals begin with early morning prayers and offerings to Lord Murugan, the deity of wisdom, courage and wealth. Devotees take a sacred bath, wear new clothes and offer special prayers and puja to the deity. They also offer traditional delicacies to the Lord and distribute them among family and friends.
The highlight of the Thai Pournami celebrations is the carrying of the kavadi, a decorated wooden or metal frame, by devotees as a symbol of their devotion to Lord Murugan. Some devotees also pierce their bodies with vel skewers or carry pots of milk on their heads as a mark of their devotion. These rituals are performed with great faith and fervour and are believed to bring spiritual growth, self-reflection and divine blessings to the devotees.
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