Saaral Vizha Festival, Tamil Nadu

This is really a unique festival of recent origin. It is celebrated in Kuttalam or Courtallam in which there can be a number of waterfalls. During the season, water will probably be abundant in them and thousands of men and women gather there to bathe in them. The water has healing powers as it passes through various medicinal herbs before the fall.Courtallam is near Tenkasi in Tirunelveli district. The Saaral Vizha is actually a unique festival which invigorates our body. The water pours on us like thousand slaps and relieves our pains and aches and makes us clean. Proper safety arrangements are produced and there are separate places for men and women.