Port Blair, July 31: The Aadi festival will be celebrated in the Lord Padhinettampadi Karuppanaswamy Temple at RGT road, near Gandhi Park, Port Blair on August 3, 2013 relating to the auspicious Tamil year Vijaya 18th day of Aadi Month.
Aadi festival is celebrated for the birth of the tamil month of Aadi (July – August)
This festival is special for various Ammans. Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays of this month are considered very auspicious. A lot of festivals are celebrated in the month of Aadi. This tamil month marks the beginning of all festivals during the festival season. Tamil month Aadi is considered as an auspicious month. All Fridays in this month especially the 1st and 3rd are very auspicious.