Festivals for village deities vary widely and can be done at various times. In Tirunelveli for instance, most deity festivals take place throughout the dry summer months before the monsoon. For most deities, the festival is only celebrated by those with a close connection to the deity: e.g. those for whom the deity is their "kuladevata", caste deity or deity of their locality. Financing of these festivals is generally done via a tax on all members of that deity's "celebratory group." However for village deities, such as the local "amman" goddess, the festival is celebrated by the entirety of the village in one way or another.