"Kayam" A Special Recipe for a Special Occasion!
Sri Krishna Jayanthi / Janmashtami Greetings to all. Though for a majority of India, its a month late, some parts of India, that goes by solar calendar, is celebrating Sri Krishna Janmashtami on 8th September 2012. In Manipal, the city where I am living currently is also celebrating this festival in a grand manner this week along with its twin city, the Temple Town, Udupi. Udupi is known world over for the Temple of Lord Krishna. As the entire region is busy along with Udupi for the celebrations of birth day of Lord Krishna on the 8th/9th September, I visited the temple, on the eve of the festival. As usual hundreds of flower vendors and fruit vendors descended and spread themselves across all main streets of the city busily selling them to the devotees and families for their festival preparations. All families are busy decorating their homes, while devotees thronging the Temple are working through the night decorating it with flo...