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Vishu - Malayali New Year is the occasion to greet the new time with great passion. It is the festival of newness; the juncture to celebrate revival and reincarnation in almost every sphere of life. Vishu is typically a festival of Kerala and falls on the first day of the Malayalam month of Medam that is on the month of April- May. Although Vishu - Malayali New Year is classically the Malayalam New Year day yet the day is celebrated in almost all places in India by the Hindus by different names.
Vishu - Malayali New Year is the time to forget the past whilst welcoming an afresh year with new hope and aspiration. Folklore, custom, ethnicity and belief entwine the Malayali New Year whilst making it an event of sheer delight. It is not only a propitious day but a date of deep religious significance. The festival starts with offerings to the Lord called Vishukkani. The offerings typically consists of raw rice, fresh linen, golden cucumber, betel leaves, areca nut, metal mirror, yellow flowers a lot more articles of utter spiritual implication. The age old tradition of waking up at the dawn of Vishu to see the Lord Vishukkani as the first thing on the New Year day offers a religious fervor to the festivity of the Vishu - Malayali New Year.
Buying presents as New Year gifts for near and dear ones, cleaning of the houses, preparation the traditional New Year recipes makes the Vishu - Malayali New Year an event of sheer amusement.
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