Panguni Uthiram

Panguni Uthiram
Panguni Uthiram
	Images of Murugan (centre) and his consorts, Devasena and Valli, venerated on this occasion
Observed by	Hindu Tamils
Type	Hindu
Significance	Commemoration of the weddings of Shiva and Parvati, Rama and Sita, Murugan and Devasena, Ranganatha and Andal; Manifestation of Ayyappan
Celebrations	car festivals, kavadi
Observances	Puja in Vaishnava and Shaiva temples; Festival of the 63 Saints (Nayanars)
Date	Full moon day of the month of Panguni
Frequency	Annual

Panguni Uthiram (Tamil: பங்குனி உத்திரம், romanized: Paṅkuṉi Uttiram) is a Tamil Hindu festival. It is marked on the purnima (full moon) of the month of Panguni (14 March - 13 April).^[1] It falls on the day the moon transits the nakshatram (asterism) of Uttiram (Uttara Phalguni) in the twelfth month Panguni of the Tamil calendar.^[2] This coincides with the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna/Chaitra.^[3] Panguni is also the last month of the Solar Tamil Calendar year after which the next New Tamil Year begins.

^ University, Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru (25 August 2017). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-5381-0686-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Pechilis, Karen (22 March 2013). Interpreting Devotion: The Poetry and Legacy of a Female Bhakti Saint of India. Routledge. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-136-50704-5.
^ Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni [1] Archived 9 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine

[1] University, Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru (25 August 2017). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-5381-0686-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Pechilis, Karen (22 March 2013). Interpreting Devotion: The Poetry and Legacy of a Female Bhakti Saint of India. Routledge. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-136-50704-5.

[3] Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni [1] Archived 9 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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