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The Onam we know falls in the first month of the Malayalam calendar year, Chingam. Starting on Atham day, it is celebrated for ten days, culminating on Thiruvonam. The festival pivots around the arrival of the benevolent Asura ruler, King Mahabali, amid a dazzle of pookkalams, sadyas and payasams. But beyond this popular narrative, there…
Karthiyayini@Kovai On Vishakam, the fourth day of Onam, one of the most dynamic days of the 10-day Onam festival where quiet households bustle with energy, and some serious culinary groundwork for a grand Onam feast kicks in, I am enjoying a special sadya at Karthiyayini Kovai. There is pavakka thoran, vendakka pachadi, pineapple madhura curry,…