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'''Theppotsavam''', or '''Theppothsava''' or '''float festival''', is a [[Hindu]] religious festival carried out in Hindu temples in parts of [[South India]], mainly [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]] during the month of ''Chitthirai'' or ''[[Aries (astrology)|Aries]]''. As a part of this festival, the principal idol of the temples is decorated and taken in procession through the tank of the temple.<br />
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Some of the temples where the float festival is celebrated are:<br />
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* [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]]<ref name="thehindu_20110316">{{cite news|title=Float festival begins|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/16/stories/2011031655680200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109052558/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/16/stories/2011031655680200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2012|date=16 March 2003}}</ref><br />
* [[Meenakshi Amman Temple]], [[Madurai]]<ref name="thehindu_20110121">{{cite news|title=Huge crowd witnesses float festival at ‘teppakulam' in Madurai|date=21 January 2011|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/21/stories/2011012164610600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125235440/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/21/stories/2011012164610600.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=25 January 2011}}</ref><br />
* [[Samayapuram Mariamman Temple]]<ref name="samayapuram">{{cite web|title=Festivals|url=http://www.samayapurammariamman.org/festivals.html|publisher=Samayapuram mariamman Temple}}</ref><br />
* [[Simhachalam Temple]], [[Visakhapatnam]]<ref >{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/teppotsavam-draws-crowds/article1194893.ece|title=‘Teppotsavam’ draws crowds|work=The Hindu}}</ref> <br />
* [[Kanaka Durga Temple]], [[Vijayawada]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Dussehra festivities end, but joy continues at Vijayawada KanakaDurga temple|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141005/nation-current-affairs/article/dussehra-festivities-end-joy-continues-vijayawada-kanakadurga|accessdate=21 September 2015|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=5 October 2014|location=Vijayawada}}</ref><br />
* [[Thiyagarajar Temple]], [[Thiruvarur]]<br />
* [[Kolaramma]] Temple, [[Kolar]], [[Karnataka]]<br />
* [[Thiruvarur]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Festivals in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu festivals]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Tiruchirappalli]]<br />
[[Category:Religious festivals in India]]</div>->Raarthik