1/5 Finally #RamayanaMasam ( month of Ramayan) is here. It’s a month dedicated to reading Ramayan in every house in #Kerala. Hindus visit 4 temples belonging to Shri Ram & his 3 brothers, LAXMAN, BHARAT & SHATRUGHAN, each located at separate places,which we are expected to visit.
2/5 #RamayanaMasam is also associated with heavy rainfall, when people can not go out of homes. Reading Ramayan during worst period of the year keeps one distracted from negative thoughts. In pic: Thriprayar Shri Rama temple. 👇 Unlike temples in rest of South India, temples of
3/5 Kerala are mostly made of wooden roof and need renovation in every few years. Huge stone temples like Padmanabhawamy temple in Thiruvanthapuram are rare. This is largely due to the weather of Kerala. Ramayana masam is also associated with increasing body immunity.
4/5 Bad weather can lead to poor health! This is exactly why diff types of home-made aushadhi or Ayurveda treatments are taken up during this period. This is not the month for events like marriages or other auspicious events,due to obvious practical difficulties posed by weather.
5/6 Posting pics of Shri Ram temple and his brother Bharat’s temple in Kerala. 👇Apparently the vigraham (idols) of these temples were brought from #Krishna’s Dwaraka. The other 2 pics are frm Kathakali and temple festival in Kerala.
6/6 Last year I hd written an article on the SCIENECE behind month of RAMAYAN. 👇This is considered last month of the year and most dreaded one at that. A month frm now Kerala will celebrate #Onam, when rain whittles down. resonantnews.com/2020/07/11/sci…
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