It is an annual tradition in Tamil Nadu to celebrate the festivals of Audha Poojai & Saraswathi Poojai at the end of the ‘nine sacred nights’ or ‘Navaratri’ in a grand style.
Tamil Nadu government announced that the holiday on the occasion of Mohurrum has been changed to Saturday, 24th October as the Islam religion practitioners have declared 24th October as the day of Mohurrum festival.