Importance of Karkkidakam/Aadi month

Hi,

We can talk abt the importance of Karkkidakam month/Aadi in Hindu culture.
Karkkidakam is the last month of Malayalam, ethe oru Ramayana masam aane. Ella veedukalilum innu muthal Ramayanam reading start cheyyum. Pinne ambala darshanum,
Last day of this month we will clean our home, for welcoming to goodness & prosperity of next malayalam year. inganokke aanu nammal nerathe aakhoshichirunnathe.

But now, ellam oru business aayi, ella textilesum discounts start cheythu. Pinne all book shops started selling Ramayana book, nobody has time to spend for reading Ramayanam, so they will buy CD of Ramayana and will use insted of reading. Pinne Karkkidaka kanji, ayurvedic treatments ingane pokunnu ippol.

we can share our thoughts here........OK

nanda..
Good to hear about karkadakam....rituals in Kerala....

Some of us still tru continue as fas possible....

thanks for sharing the information

When I think abotu karkkidakam three things come to my mind...
Ammamayudey ramayana parayanam, karkkidaka kanji and mazha.
Ammama orikalum mudakakthey ramayanam vayikkum,
pinney ammem ammamem karkidaka kanji undakkum,njangal athinu uluva kanji ennanu parayuka.
Njangalku special aayi uluva kurachitanu amma undakuka,karanam uluva cheirya kuttikalku thadi kootumathrey.
Pinney karkidakathinthey oru visesham enthannu vechal ella karkkidakam onninum onnu cheruthayenkilum mazha peythirikkum....njan athu observe cheyan thudangiya kalam muthal oru varshavum mudangathey peyyarundu

Ami paranjathu cheriyannu, innu ivide nalla rain undayirunnu.
Ithuvareyum njanum Ramayana parayanum mudakkiyittilla. Innumuthal thudanganam. But i don't know how to prepare Karkkidaka kanji, so i am planning to buy the readymade kit.

Nanda nammudey IL ullapo onnum oru prasnam alla
Itha Seethalkshmidey post ,enganey karkkidaka kanji undakamnu
Kerala preparations

ella kerala recipeem ividey undu Kerala Recipe

Undakkiyitu ennem ariyikaney..

Ami thanks a lot, i will check that & try will do this weekend. But now time is 5.30, have to leave from office. Then see u on Monday, happy weekend to all.

hi,
karkkidakam eniku valiya ishttamanu karanum onam aduthallo ennulla sandhosham...pakshae mazhayum mazha karanum joliku pokan pattathae orupadu peeru pattini akunna masum koodi anu.othiri mazha keduthiyum asugangalum varunna masam..athinttae ella dhosham mattanum manasinu samadhanam kittanum ramayana parayanam cheyyunu...ramayanam veettil ullathu polum punyum ennu parayumpol athu parayanam cheyyunatu entra valya punyama allae?

eniku orma yundu ...mazhayathu nilathu veenu pokaraya chakka polum pattini karanum athayalum mathi ennu karuthi kondu pokunna palareyum... mazhayae oropadu ishttamaya njyan appol orkarundayirunnu...e mazha onnu thornenkil..

karkidaka kanji undakan enikariyam...
pakshae ramayan vayikan enthokkae palikanam ennu enikariyilla...arenkilum paranju tharumo...athinu pratheka chitta vattangal undo?

Njann ramayana parayanam thodangi,pakshe sloka rupathilanu. It is small and easy to recite. Kunju nalile thodagiyatane.

Pinne karkkida kanji onnum ippol undakkarilla. uluvayum ariyum cherthu oru sweet dish undakkum. uluva perinu mathram. nalla flavour aanu. this is a konkani dish

Sreenanda thanks for starting this thread

wow!! such a nice tread.. i dont know much about karkidakam... very informative tread. thanks

when i think of karikadakam,the first thing that comes to mind is the rain.. yes drizzling rain in the mornings when we leave to school.
raville kuliche ,prateche,mukutti poovinde leaf chandanam thotte we used to go school,and mothers ramayana reading and then there is sri rama temple near our house,our visit to the temple etc,our are stil fresh in my mind.

over here i dont know,all i can do is pray daily.and will surely try recipes here in IL.