Festivals and daily life
| 04 October 2011
India is a land of festivals and colourful celebrations continue the whole year round. There is never a month in the Hindu calendar that goes by without having a ‘Holy’ day marked on it. Ganesh Chaturthi also known as Vinayagar Chaturthi in Pondicherry (Tamil Nadu) is a very popular festival.
| 17 March 2011
It's early morning in Tamil Nadu, the sun is just rising while the tiny streets in the village areas are buzzing with activity...| 21 February 2011
Pongal is a three day festival celebrating the harvest held in South India. It is held around the 13th and 14th January every year.Masi magam is an important festival for Tamilians that is celebrated during the tamil month of masi, (February- March) on a full moon day. The legend goes that, after a deluge the whole world was inundated by the ocean...
Manjal Neeratu Vizha is a tradition from South India. Even though it is diminishing in practice it still remains an important festival in popular milieus and some villages. The festival celebrates the puberty of a girl and earlier time it would announce that a girl is ready to be married.
09 February 2009
Navaratri, which literally means 'nine night's, is a Hindu festival of worship and dance happening twice a year : the beginning of Spring and the beginning of Autumn, because they are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence.