The Tamil Brahmin Community of Mattancherry (in west kochi) celeberates Sree Rama Navami with much fervour every year. When i looked around for information, i learnt that these celeberations have been held in the same location for 85 years now and that Navami is celeberated with such pomp in very few places in Kerala.
Click here for a write up in THE HINDU, from a few years ago, about the celeberations
Thats nine days of unchivrithi, bhajanai and kacheris – a music lover’s treat.
[What i look forward to, however, is the yummy morsel of prasaadam we recieve after the nightly deeparadanai - chundal, chakkara pongal, kesari, avil ...... and so forth. oh, and of course sadhi on navami and the day after - anjeneyolsavam.]
Navami this year falls on 14th April, which is also the day people all over kerala celeberate as Vishu. Both grand celeberations, which you cant exactly miss out on, if you live where i do.
So, in the time that i’m supposed to be preparing for my final semster exams, i spend my time at the Navami Celeberations or blogging about said celeberations. Oh, well……
HAPPY VISHU, EVERYONE!
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February 17, 2008 • 2:57 pm
I got back last night. barely able to move my fingers even now….
Major trip, this was. I havn’t measured but i think we covered around 1500 kilometers in 6 days.
route: kochi–>kovalam–>kanyakumari–>tuticorin–>madurai–>mandapam/rameshwaram
–>kodaikanal–>kochi
THATS RIGHT! by road!!
are we crazy?? we might be…
did we have fun? HELL YEAH!!
highlights of the trip:
snorkelling around krusidai island (protected area under Gulf of Mannar NP). it was amazing, all those corals, anemone and fish. marine biologists’ paradise. :)
visiting 3 major temples within the span of 2 days – Kanyakumari temple & Madurai Meenakshi in one day and Ramanathaswamy temple on the second :)
worst moment:
spotting a sea snake swim less than 5 feet from AC… and then watch as he tried to provoke it with a stick :|
(background info: sea snakes are much more poisonous than land snakes. plus, there was a boat ride and atleast 10 kilometers on land between us and any medical attention. not that medical attention would have been much help. AC’d have been toast if he’d got himself bitten)
EVEN WORSE: i felt like an idiot when nobody else seemed too bothered by the presence of sea snakes in the water.
wierdest thing:
for reasons not known to me, i cant get the song “vasantha mullai” from pokiri out of my head :|
lots more to blog about :D
for now, though – hugs to everyone that travelled with me :)
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