Tamils all over the world celebrated Tamil New Year on the first day of Chithirai which was on Wednesday. On this special day, it is customary for Tamils to go to the temple and perform darshan so that they can live in prosperity throughout the year. As a part of this, villagers from seven villages in Thiruparankundram, Madurai district got together and organized a ploughing event called ‘Naaleru’ and ploughed the land belonging to the Subramania Swamy Temple.
This event, which is called ‘Naaleru’, is done as a sort of a prayer to give them good agricultural gains for the upcoming year. The people then went on to pray to Lord Murugan.
They nailed the plough to the end of a rattan stick and decorated it with flowers. They then fastened it to oxen and ploughed the land around the temple.
Following this, the people of the seven villages visited the Thiruparankundram Temple and held a consultative meeting on agricultural wages and agricultural issues throughout the year. The people of the area believe that by following the tradition of this day, there will be ample rains throughout the year and crop yield will increase. The festival could not be celebrated due to the curfew imposed last year due to the spread of coronavirus. But this year, the public in the area said that everyone was happy since the festival was attended by a large number of people from children to adults.
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