* A Tiruvilakku Pooja is a Tamil celebration & one of the few temple poojas conducted specially by women. * This is done during the Tamil month of Aadi, the most important month for women. * The most auspicious days are Fridays and Tuesdays in this month. * The pooja Vilakku pooja (Lamp worship) is familiar among women throughout Tamil society and is usually done in groups. * This group worship occur in hundreds of villages and cities in Tamil Nadu. * Groups of women offer 108 or 1008 or even up to 10008 Thiruvilakkus at a time, while gathering at temples to conduct simultaneous worship to their holy lamps.