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Tag: winter

  • Bathukamma@Durgashtami.

    Bathukamma@Durgashtami.

    Sometime back I was researching the nature related festivals in southern India.  The floral tributes of Onam ruled the roast, somewhere between the lots I found a lesser known festival of Telangana One very interesting festival I came across was called the Bathukamma, and it is celebrated in the state of Telangana. This is a…

  • Seasoning life with seasons.

    Rtu samhara, the cycles of season, or rtushringara the romance of season.  That is what it all about cycles, decay and rebirth.  In Sanskrit poetry seasons are entwined with love, both erotic and divine. They are parallel and interwoven. Vasanta spring, the eternal companion of the Kamadev, the lord of love, adorned with flowers and…

  • The groundhog day

    a european weatherlore