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Muthupettai Dargah Kanduri Festival: Local Holiday on 22nd in Tiruvarur District
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News18•12-10-2026, 10:07
Muthupettai Dargah Kanduri Festival: Local Holiday on 22nd in Tiruvarur District
- •The 725th grand Kanduri Festival of the world-famous Sheikh Dawood Ayyah Dargah in Jambavanodai begins tonight with flag hoisting.
- •The 14-day annual festival will witness thousands of devotees participating in various rituals.
- •The famous holy Sandal Kuthoor procession is scheduled for the midnight of the 21st.
- •Tiruvarur District Collector Mohanachandran has declared a local holiday for the district on the 22nd in view of the festival.
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A local holiday has been declared in Tiruvarur District on the 22nd in view of the 725th Grand Kanduri Festival at the Sheikh Dawood Ayyah Dargah in Jambavanodai near Muthupettai.
The 14-day Kanduri Festival begins with the hoisting of the holy flag at 9:00 PM on the 12th and concludes on the 25th when the flag is lowered.
Tiruvarur District Collector Mohanachandran ordered the local holiday for the district on the upcoming 22nd for the Kanduri Festival.
