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Ayudha Puja

India's Ministry of Tourism describes Ayudha Puja within the ninth-day Saraswathi Puja/Navaratri observance in Tamil Nadu and notes the September/October festival window.

Date / ruleNinth day of Navaratri / Saraswathi Puja cycle; target-year Gregorian date varies
ScopeIndia / Hindu festival and occupational-tool worship tradition
VerificationNational Tourism Cultural Rule Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Ayudha Puja?

India's Ministry of Tourism describes Ayudha Puja within the ninth-day Saraswathi Puja/Navaratri observance in Tamil Nadu and notes the September/October festival window.

Date and recurrence

Ninth day of Navaratri / Saraswathi Puja cycle; target-year Gregorian date varies

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is India / Hindu festival and occupational-tool worship tradition. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Ministry of Tourism, India — Saraswathi Puja and Ayudha PujaNational Government Tourism
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Ayudha Puja?

Ninth day of Navaratri / Saraswathi Puja cycle; target-year Gregorian date varies The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve the target-year Navaratri/Saraswathi Puja calendar date from an authoritative source.

Does Ayudha Puja fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Ayudha Puja an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: India / Hindu festival and occupational-tool worship tradition. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Ayudha Puja?

The stored designation basis is: India's Ministry of Tourism describes Ayudha Puja within the ninth-day Saraswathi Puja/Navaratri observance in Tamil Nadu and notes the September/October festival window.. Supporting provenance includes Ministry of Tourism, India — Saraswathi Puja and Ayudha Puja. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Ayudha Puja international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to India. Its fuller verified scope is: India / Hindu festival and occupational-tool worship tradition.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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