A few years ago two people joined hands to be man and wife,to start a new life together.They went through their ups and downs,joys and sorrows without letting go of each other and today they step into their fifth year of togetherness. They would like to share their togetherness and joy with you with this…
Pongal or Sankranthi as we call it, is the harvest festival of South India.It signifies the bountiful harvest and rice boiling over to symbolize prosperity.It comes in mid January in the auspicious month of ‘Thai’ and is a four day festival comprising of – * Boghi festival* Pongal* Maattu pongal* Kaanum pongal Pongal is a…
After a wonderful Deepavali and a break for 2 days,I am back to share some memories. Each and every festival brings back fondest memories and inevitably they are from my childhood.Then I feel it would have been so nice if I never grew up.Well,somethings can only be dreamt of… This Deepavali too,got back some childhood…
Navarathri is well on its way and this festival is never complete without the mandatory sundal and that’s the recipe I am going to share today. . Sundal is boiled and seasoned legumes ,something like a salad,which is offered to God as well as distributed to the friends and neighbors when they visit our home…
The day after ‘Mangala Gowri Habba’ comes Ganesha chathurthi. Vigneshwara/Ganesha/Ganapathy is one of the popular deities . He is the God of Knowledge and is invoked at the commencement of any function. Since He is worshipped to remove ‘vighnam’ [obstacles],He is also known by the name Vighneswara. He is also described as the Supreme Leader…
