Ayudha Pooja ஆயுத பூஜை
Dates in the Tamil calendar, 2025–2028 (Chennai).
Next Ayudha Pooja
Every year
| 2025 | Wednesday, 1 October 2025 |
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| 2026 | Monday, 19 October 2026 |
| 2027 | Friday, 8 October 2027 |
| 2028 | Tuesday, 26 September 2028 |
About the festival
Ayudha Pooja, meaning the worship of implements, is observed in Tamil Nadu on the ninth day (Mahanavami) of the Navaratri festival, on the same day as Saraswathi Pooja.1,2,3
Households, workshops and offices clean their tools, machines, vehicles, books and musical instruments, mark them with turmeric, sandal paste or kumkum, garland them and worship them.2,3,4
The goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati are honoured, and in homes with a Golu display the books and instruments placed for worship are customarily left untouched until Vijayadashami the next day.1,2,4
When it falls: Ayudha Pooja falls on Navami, the ninth day of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of the lunar month Ashvina during Sharad Navaratri, in September or October.1,2,4