Maavilakua traditional rice flour lamp offered during Aadi(july - August), Thai(Jan-Feb) and Purattasi(Sep-October) Months of the Tamil Calendar. A traditional south-indian ritual, made with rice flour, jaggery and ghee.
Maavilaku, the traditional south-indian offering of rice flour lamp is done during the tamil month of Aadi which falls during july-august and also during Tamil month of Thai, which falls during January-February and Purattasi that falls in September-October of the english calendar.
Amma does Maavilaku for Thai Velli, Aadi Velli, Thai Krithigai, Aadi Krithigai, Purattasi Saturday and Aani Ammavasai. Apart from this some also offer Maavilaku when they do some special poojai like samaradhanai.
We normally wait for the rice flour lamps to go off on their own. Once this happens, it is removed from the altar and everything is mixed well. We can add some freshly grated coconut shavings to this while mixing.
Hi This is so beautifully explained. We do this during Sravana masam in (my parents home) for Venkateshwara and during Amavasya on pushya masam ( January for Veeraraghavar.. ( this is my in-laws home tradition). Can you please tell me if you added rice on the plate and on top you put the maavilakku?
Thank you so much!!
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