arth ikai ▁in ▁November - Dec ember , ▁Marg az hi ▁festival ▁and ▁Tir v ad hi rai ▁in ▁December - J anu ary , ▁S iv ar ath ri ▁in ▁February - M arch ▁and ▁Ch it ra ▁Po orn ima ▁in ▁April - May ▁are ▁other ▁festiv als ▁celebrated ▁in ▁the ▁temple . ▁Month ly ▁Pr ados ham ▁days , ▁ 1 3 th ▁day ▁either ▁from ▁New ▁Moon ▁or ▁Full ▁Moon ▁day , ▁P ong al ▁falling ▁mostly ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 4 , ▁T amil ▁and ▁English ▁New ▁Year ▁days ▁are ▁other ▁fest ive ▁days ▁of ▁special ▁pu jas ▁to ▁Lord ▁and ▁Mother ▁drawing ▁huge ▁crowd . ▁ ▁P ray ers ▁and ▁thanks g iving ▁ ▁A ▁huge ▁number ▁of ▁dev ote es ▁pray ▁to ▁Kub era , ▁the ▁Lord ▁of ▁We alth ▁seeking ▁prosper ity , ▁besides ▁seeking ▁fruit ful ▁marriage ▁tal ks ▁and ▁child ▁bo on . ▁The ▁temple ▁is ▁highly ▁rever ed ▁as ▁an ▁ab ode ▁of ▁solution ▁for ▁various ▁problems ▁faced ▁by ▁dev ote es ▁in ▁matters ▁of ▁health , ▁lit ig ations , ▁recovery ▁of ▁lost ▁things , ▁trade ▁etc . ▁ ▁Dev ote es ▁perform ▁special ▁ab is he k ▁( th anks g iving ) ▁to ▁Lord ▁and ▁Mother ▁with ▁milk , ▁cur d , ▁l ime ▁fruit ▁ju ice , ▁sand al , ▁oil , ▁green ▁co con ut ▁offering ▁v astr as ▁and ▁they ▁also ▁undert ake ▁some ▁kind ▁of ▁fast ing . ▁Some ▁do ▁char ities . ▁The ▁n