Malayali new year
Namaskar! Today (Aug 17) is the first day of Chingam month (Malayali calander month). From today, all the auspicious functions like marriage ceremonies, etc would be started in Kerala which were prohibited in the previous malayali month Karkidakam. Karkidakam, the monsoon month, is considered good for taking ayurvedic healing therepies, massages, reading Ramayana, etc but not for auspicous functions or starting new events. I had already introduced you all with the 'Malayali calander' and its months, especially Karkidakam and Chingam (Onam month) in my previous post / " Monsoon in Kerala " written last year. So, today, when I came across an article, published in 'The Hindu' newspaper (Aug 17, 2026, Kochi edition), I thought of sharing it with you all. You can read it by clicking on the image. The article is regarding the beginning of Malayali new year, 'Chingam', the first month of Malayal...