Onam season is the spring season to Malayalis too. Monsoon just returned, the bright and pleasant day with blossoms everywhere, it’s the harvest season also. Pookkalam, Flowers and Onam are synonymous to one another...
Onam became the cheerful festival of children mainly because of pookkalams. Our nostalgic moments of Onam memories are definitely filled with children making colourful pookkalams, with cheap and local flowers available around us. Pookkalam...
The festival season has already begun. Covering whole body with Parppadaka (Kummatti) grass, covering faces with fierce masks ‘Kummatti Koottams’ across Thrissur are getting ready to conquer the streets for Onam season. Desakummatti...
Hot Puttu – placed in front of you in a banana leaf aside pappad and boiled green gram (payar & pappad), its aroma giving a nostalgic effect. Then someone places a bowl of Kadala...
The month of Chingam has arrived and season of Pookkalam (Atham) – the colourful spring on courtyards is just to begin. On the 10th day of Atham, Keralities celebrate the cheerful festival of...
A few years back, my sister-in-law told, while she was doing her course in UP she used to take different types of banana while she returns back from home. She said, only robusta (banana...
Nowadays people give a lot of importance to numerology, vasthu shastra etc. Vasthu shastra describes how a home is to be constructed so that it provides positive energy, comfort, peace of mind, wealth...
Karkidakom month has begun, and these 30 days are quite auspicious for Keralities. Apart from being the holy month for Hindus, it’s a season of rejuvenation for human beings as well as animals. When...
Kummatti Kali – one of the delightful treats of Onam Celebrations. This art form is believed to be originated 150 years ago, and a Devi temple at Palakkad is cited to be its place...
Onam season begins with mid-August, and cheerful season of boat races and cultural events begins in Chingam (the first month of Malayalam calendar). Kummattis form a part of Onam celebrations, and it is quite...
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