Festivals - Vishu

Vishu will be celebrated on april 14th every year.

We will clean the altar first and put a makkolam
Then we will put a big mirror in front of the altar
and nice jasmine malai to decorate it
kani konnai is a bunch of flowers yellow in colour
and it is supposed to be auspicious to see it
first thing in the morning
we will collect and keep that the previous day itself
and keep it safely for the next morning

Then we will put jack fruit first
We will cut it into half
and place it on both sides of the mirror
after that all the three important fruits
like mango ripe ones and bananas also
After that you can put
apples oranges and pomgranates
Lemon is an important thing
and so is malabar vellarikkai

We will keep coins in gold silver and copper
 plus some currency notes also
and a small guruvayoorappan picture
and break a coconut
and keep that also for the kani

Bananas and betal leaves are a must
a lotus flower will be kept

And all these things will be arranged
by the elders of the house
after making the children sleep for the night

early next morning
first thing we will light the lamp and agarbathis
and after washing face
bring the children to see the vishukkani one by one
Water will be there in a panchapatram
and they will see the kani after wiping the eyes first

And every one will get some cash
after doing the namaskaram to swami
and all the elders of the family
this will be called the vishu kani nrttam
and the new clothes are the vishu kodi

We will be playing some nice music
like nadaswaram devotional songs in the early morning

Every one will get up at five a m in the morning
And the children will enjoy firing some crackers etc

It will be a holyday and
we will try to use all the veges for lunch
and fruits for desert
Payasam will be with jackfruit some times
or coconut and rice

Lunch will be a full meal
and every one will wear new clothes also

This is a festival and
it will be celebrated in kerala
and this will be the harvest time there
It is like welcoming
the good times and godess lakshmi
to the house

In tamil nadu also
we will celebrate the festival
and it is called varsha ppirappu
A new year will start
and the month will be chithirai
April 14th will be chithirai 1st

We will make sure
all the tastes will be there on that day
like sweet karam salt puli ppu thuvarpu and kasappu
Veppampoo or neem flowers will be collected
and made into a pachadi
We can use bitter gourd or parikkai also for pachadi

Andhra and karnataka also
celebrate this festival in a grand manner
a little earlier than tamil nadu

For every one this festival is
the starting of the new year
And new things will be bought for the house
and every one will be very happy


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