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1st December 2009 - Karthikai Deepam Karthikai Deepam is an important festival in the Tamil calendar. From the 1st day of the Karthikai (Vri...

In my previous post on the important festivals for August 2009 , I had mentioned 13th August as Janmashtami day. Like so many other customs...

I realize that I have just completed 200 posts. I am dedicating this 201st at the lotus feet of Puthucode Bhagavathy , Sri Annapoorneswari ,...

We are already at Pongal, having gone past Thiruvathira in a jiffy. Let me write about Thiruvathira first. For Thiruvathira this year, we ha...

Readers of my blog have been asking me to post about the important events in advance so that they can observe the festivals according to our...

Another Thiruvathira . As has now become a practice, I get ready for Thiruvathira festival the previous evening: the vegetables are bought, ...

THIRUVATHIRA KARI OR PUZHUKKU OR KOOTU, as it is known differently in different regions. The main ingredient, in the thiruvathira kari, is...

THIRUVATHIRA KALI Thiruvathira Kali and Kari are the naivedhyam items prepared for Thiruvathira. One of the rarest occasions when a savoury ...

Today, is Thiruvathira. Observed on the Fullmoon day of Dhanur Masa, on the day of Thiruvathira star, this is the day, Devi Parvathi joins ...