page_title: Vadiveeswaram
section_title: Festivals
hierarchical_section_title: Vadiveeswaram / Festivals
caption_attribution_description: English: Soora Samharam in Vadiveeswaram Azhagamman temple
context_page_description: Vadiveeswaram is a village, now part of the town of Nagercoil, in Kanyakumari district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The village was originally an agraharam, or a traditional double line of houses occupied by Brahmins and flanking a temple or pair of temples. It is most famous as the birthplace of Neelakanta Sivan, a well-known 19th-century composer.
context_section_description: The Azhagamman Temple, the biggest in the area presides car festival annually. The temple has two cars which was parked on the middle of the East car street ( Keezha ratha veedhi / Kizhakku ratha veedhi/ கீழ ரத வீதி  ). The four prominent streets was named after the car festival which was held in the streets was named as North, East, West & South Car streets respectively.
  Another important festival worth to mention was the soorasamhaar/ soora samhaaram (சூரசம்ஹாரம் ) which too was held under azhagamman temple at keezha radha veedhi.
caption: Soora Samharam
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