Mondaikadu Kodai - 3

Any festival ushers in a lot of cheers among people and all festivals
 share one thing in common, SWEETS and Mondaikadu Kodai is
not an exception.

A kilo of mixture of various sweets (Then kulal, Laddu, Boonthi,
 Enippu sevu.......) cost around Rs 60.

Thenkuzhal or Thenkulal is the centre of attraction in Mondaikadu kodai
Thenkuzhal is made from a mixture of raw-rice and Blackgram
 flour.This mixture is physically extruded, formed into spiral or
 coil shapes and deeply fried to light golden brown color.Then
the fried matter is soaked in sugar syrup for some minutes and
then taken out.The spiral shape, is the handiwork of the master
 cook.

Master filling the steel pot (with a hole at the bottom) with the mixture



Master at his work





Taking out the fried golden brown color matter



Soaking in Sugar syrup

Delicious sweet ready to eat


Arranged in an Attracting manner
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1.Historian Benny Sir
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Mondaikadu Kodai - 2

Mondaikadu Kodai has been a boon for both small traders and devotees.

Besides Catering the needs for the floating population, the annual festival pays rich dividends to the traders.

Toy Shop


Nursery


Sugarcane


Potter (not HARRY)


Towards Beach


Crowds unmindful of the scorching heat



Holy dip or Nice bath


Steamed , Spiced - Groundnuts ................................


Ingredient part of all amman festivals
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Mondaikadu Kodai - 1

Place: Mondaikadu Temple , Kanyakumari District

Event : Mondaikadu Kodai (Mandaikadu kodai)

Month : March

The annual festival called Mondaikadu Kodai (Masi festival) is celebrated in March for 10 days and it is the main attraction place in Kanyakumari district.

Apart from kanyakumari district, Mondaikadu Kodai attracts pilgrims from Kerala State. Devotees from all corners of Kerala travel to the temple by foot after observing 41 days of religious austerity. They would also carry `iru mudikattu' like the devotees of Lord Ayyappa

The ‘Valiyapadukkai vizha’ and the ‘Odukku pujas’ are the important events during the ‘Masi’ festival, which attract unprecedented crowds.





The entire temple premises was choked with women devotees who cooked sweet rice and offered it to the Goddess.


Kollukattai's offered to Bhagavathy Amman
During festival times , cooking takes place around the temple surroundings for about an km.



Animal sacrifice, which formed an important part of the festival, was abolished during the period of the King of erstwhile Travancore State, Sri Chithrai Thirunal. Download As PDF