Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Dashapushpangal (The Ten Flowers)

01. KARUKA


02. CHERULA


03. MUKKUTTI


04. MOCHAMI


05. NILAPANA


06. KAYYUNNI


07. VISHNUKRANTHI (KRISHNAKRANTHI)


08. POOVANKURUNNILA


09. UZHINJA


10. THIRUTHALI



(A post dedicated to the festival of Onam. The 'ten flowers' that are sacred according to Malayalam tradition. Although a misnomer, as some of them do not bear flowers, these are made to a garland to decorate the long hair of ladies on special occasions.)
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  1. anand7 January 2012 at 06:26

    Thank you for compiling the list, I found it useful.

    Hope the flower "04. MOCHAMI" also go by the name "Muyalcheviyan".

    Thank you

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