Theppotsavam, or Theppothsava or float festival, is a Hindu religious festival carried out in Hindu temples in parts of South India, mainly Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh during the month of Chitthirai or Aries. As a part of this festival, the principal idol of the temples is decorated and taken in procession through the tank of the temple.
Some of the temples where the float festival is celebrated are:
- Tirumala Venkateswara Temple[1]
- Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai[2]
- Samayapuram Mariamman Temple[3]
- Simhachalam Temple, Visakhapatnam[4]
- Kanaka Durga Temple, Vijayawada[5]
- Thiyagarajar Temple, Thiruvarur
- Kolaramma Temple, Kolar, Karnataka
- Thiruvarur
- Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- ^ "Float festival begins". The Hindu. 16 March 2003. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Huge crowd witnesses float festival at 'teppakulam' in Madurai". The Hindu. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Festivals". Samayapuram mariamman Temple.
- ^ "'Teppotsavam' draws crowds". The Hindu. 7 February 2008.
- ^ "Dussehra festivities end, but joy continues at Vijayawada KanakaDurga temple". Deccan Chronicle. Vijayawada. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.