Aadi monsoon festival and Bakr Eid wave go together in Chennai

The twin celebrations of Aadi and Bakr Id have turned the city into a canvas gilded with shimmering displays of traditional practices and a vibrant playground for ritual and religious co-existence.

Qurbani for which camel meat is used traditionally takes a Tamil twist with lamb from Andhra Pradhesh and South Tamil Nadu for its mutton | Ashwin Prasath

CHENNAI: The Aadi monsoon festival, a time of revelry and divine celebrations, is being commemorated across the city with a myriad of rituals and pujas. Alongside, with Eid al-Adha/Bakr Id today, the MKB Nagar shandy in Vyasarpadi and the sandhai in Madhavaram witnessed people buying goats for the festival. Despite being priced anywhere between Rs 12,000 to Rs 35,000, customers from Andhra Pradesh, Thirunelveli, Madurai, and Dindigul have been flocking the markets, giving brisk sales to the vendors.