KARADAIYAN NONBU 2012

KARADAIYAN NONBU 2012

Karadaiyan Nonbu
For 2015: Panguni Matha pirappu is at 04.00 AM on 15.03.2015
Karadaiyan Nonbu is celebrated on the first day of the month of Tamil Month Panguni (Meenam), that is on 14th March 2012.      The timing is between 09.25 and 09.45 for the Pooja.   As all of us know, the festival is connected with the story of Satyavan Savithri.     The nonbu is followed in all the Southern States..  The women pray Goddess Gowri on this day for long married life with neivedyam of Karadai with the following mantra:

"Urugadha Vennaiyum Or Adaiyum Naan Tharuven
Orukkalum En Kanavar Ennai Piriyadirukkanum."

A 'nonbu charadu' (yellow cotton string) kept in pooja is now worn by the women in the neck and while wearing they say the mantra -
"Throram Krishnami Subhake Saharithamdharami Aham
Bharthuayushya Sidhartham Supreethabhava Sarvadha".

After wearing the sacred thread as nonbu charadu, the prasadam of Karadai is taken by the offerers.

It is observed by a married woman for the welfare of her husband and a girl for getting a good and ideal person as husband.  The related story of Satyavan Savithri is given here.   Savithiri was the daughter of King Ashtapathi.   When the marriageable age came, the King gave the privelege of choosing her husband.   When Savithri saw one day Satyavan carrying on his shoulders, the blind parents in baskets hanging from a bamboo stick, she got so impressed about him, she wanted to marry him.   The King then made enquiry through Sage Naradha and found that the father of Satyavan was a deposed King and Satyavan will die in a year.   Hence the King refused for the marriage to be with Satyavan but Savithri was stubborn.    On marrying Satyavan, savithri went along with him to the forest.   She knew the time has come for the death of her husband and was on fast and also tried to follow him in the forest.  She cooked special adais and served for the family.   One day, she felt the presence of yama and that her husband who was cutting the wood, fained and died.   As Yama was carrying the soul of Satyavan and Savithri followed him.     Yama thought she would go back to the body of her husband and would not follow him after some distance.   But she followed him and asked for the soul of her husband.   YAMA said that it is against the natural ways of birth and death and but Savithri persisted.   Yama instead agreed for giving three boons and Savithri asked for a son to her father by the first boon and in the second she asked for her husband's parents to be reinstated to the Kingdom they lost and by the third she asked for Children to herself.   Yama who was agreeing to the first two, without realising agreed for the third.   Then he knew that he had committed a mistake but was of all praise for Savithri for the persistence she showed for getting back the soul of Satyavan.   He asked her to go back and that she would find her husband would wake up.   Thus Savithri and Sathyavan were reunited.

The above video on satyavan savithri enacted by school students is in youtube in the following link:
http://youtu.be/QCO34cORz3s