Tula Sankramana is of great importance at the origin of Kaveri River Kaveri River
Devotees can take holy dip in a pond that is located at Brahmakundike. The holy event also marks the beginning of the month long Kaveri Jatra. Thousands of devotees tonsure their head and take holy dip in the pond.
As part of the Kaveri Jatra, people perform holy dip at Triveni Sangama, confluence of the three rivers — Cauvery, Kannike and Sujyoti — and offer prayers at the Bhagandeshwara temple.
Talacauvery is located around 8 km from Bhagamandala town.
On the day special prayers and pujas are offered to coconut or cucumber wrapped in a red silk cloth in regions directly benefiting from the might Kaveri River. The coconut and cucumber symbolizes Goddess Kaveri. Goddess Kaveri is adorned with jewels and flowers on the day. The jewelry offered is pathak or mangalsutra and puja is known as Kanni Puja. The offering to the goddess include areca nut, betel leaves and glass bangles.
Prayers are offered by throwing uncooked rice on the coconut or cucumber draped in red cloth.
Kaveri Tula Sankramana Story
Goddess Kaveri also wished to have the same status as Ganga.
She did a very hard penance for this. To test her devotion, Bhagavan Vishnu
came before her as a small child. Kaveri did not know who the child was, but
she looked after him with care and love like a mother. Bhagavan Vishnu was very
pleased. He showed her all his ten avatars and told her to go to Sara Kshetram (Saranathan Temple in Thirucherai, a village on the outskirts of Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu) and take a holy bath in the Sara Pushkarani, the temple tank. He also gave her
a boon that in the Tamil month of Tula (Aippasi, October-November), she would
be considered greater than Ganga.