<span style="color: #222222;">Aadi Perukku, also known as the Aadi monsoon festival, is being celebrated in Tamil Nadu today. The festival falls on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Adi (mid-July to mid-August) and is celebrated as a tribute to water's life-sustaining properties. It takes the form of thanking Cauvery river for flowing in plenty, thus assuring a good agricultural harvest during the year.<br />''<br />''The festival assumes added significance in the Cauvery Delta region, where farmers also pay homage to Mother nature in the form of the majestic Cauvery river.<br />''<br />''This year, however, against the background of Covid-19 pandemic, various District Collectors in the region have prohibited homage paying rituals on the Cauvery river bank, especially in important holy places like Srirangam, near Trichy.</span><br />