Kavadi Festival of Tamil Nadu : Devotees undergoes to offer his prayers to Lord Muruga is known as the Kavadi. A Kavadi is a generally a wooden stick, which has two baskets hanging from it. The Kavadi that is carried by the bearers in their shoulders may vary in shapes and sizes. The Kavadis are adorned with peacock feathers and numerous brass bells. The two baskets are usually filled with rice, milk or any other things, which the devotee has promised to offer the Lord in his Vow.

One of the most difficult Kavadi offerings is the Agni Kavadi, where the devotee has to walk over a pit of burning coals while carrying the Kavadi. It is believed, the amount of virtue one receives by performing the Kavadi is million time greater than the pain he suffers.

The Kavadi Festival is celebrated at all shrines of Lord Murugan and all over the state of Tamil Nadu in April / May. Among the many Kavadi venues, the Ettukudi Kavadi festival (30 km south west of Nagapattinam) is the most celebrated one.