Saturday, April 11, 2009

Eventful time again.....


Easter for me symbolize: ‘One can crucify the TRUTH. But it will resurrect.‘
In the United States, Good Friday is not a government holiday at the federal level; individual states and municipalities may observe the holiday.
In majority muslim countrie Indonesia, and countries like Singapore and Malasyia it is a holiday on this day.
In India, Good Friday is a Central Government as well as a State holiday, but private business men work except in the states of Kerala, Goa and Assam.
In Bermuda, kites are flown. They are often handmade with wooden sticks, colorful tissue paper, glue, and string. The shape of the kite and the use of wood is meant to symbolize the cross that Jesus died on. Also, the kite flying in the sky symbolizes his ascension to heaven.
In many English speaking countries, hot cross buns are eaten on this day. In Kerala it is Kanchi and Payar…
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, which is calculated differently in Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity.
Eastertide, or the Easter Season, or Paschal Time, is the period of fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday.
It is celebrated as a single joyful feast, indeed as the "great Lord's Day". Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter, and, after the Sunday of the Resurrection, they are named Second Sunday of Easter, Third Sunday of Easter, etc. up to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, while the whole fifty-day period concludes with Pentecost Sunday…




Soon after we have Vishu,which in Sanskrit means "equal". Therefore Vishu is more probably denoting one of the equinox days.

Vishu follows the sidereal vernal equinox and generally falls on April 14 of the Gregorian year. This occasion signifies the Sun's transit to the zodiac - Mesha Raasi (first zodiac sign) as per Indian astrological calculations. Vishu is also considered as the harvest festival of Kerala and thus the importance of this day to all Malayalees. In Assam this day is called Bihu, in Punjab Baisakhi (originally Vaishakhi) and in Tamil Nadu Tamil Puthandu or Vishu punyakalam



Kani Konna (Cassia fistula), Kerala's regional flower, is a popular vishukanni..Kanni(sight); also called Kanikanal. It is prepared with a lot of care to make it the most positive sight so as to bring alive prosperity. Many significant things are kept in an Urali, on this day. And all the family members wake and see this first at the Brahma muhurata (4:00 to 6:00 a.m.).

Kaineetam is given to all members which is the symbolic sharing of the prosperity and wishing happiness for all



Hey this is not the only two things...whole of the country is looking forward, and would be very busy comming weeks, with their hands crossed, eyes open....ears busy...its election which is on 16th in our constituency and IPL-2, which will last round the summer vacations .....

1 comment:

me ra said...

When my daughters came down to see the Vishu kanni, when we went to the temple as a family, when my mom opened the door yesterday morning and hugged me, when my dad gave me the kaineetam...simply blessed moments. Thank you my Krishna.....