Today’s festivals

Festival celebrating the brother-sister bond

• Rakhi tying
• Sister's prayers for brother
• Gift exchange

Manifestation anniversary of Goddess Gayatri (Vedmata)

Birth anniversary of Hayagriva — the horse-headed avatar of Vishnu

• Hayagriva puja
• Vedic recitation

Coconut offering to sea god — start of fishing season

Full moon of Shravana — Avani Avittam (Upakarma) in South India

• Upakarma
• Sacred thread change

Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing

• Satyanarayan Puja
• River bathing
• Lamp offering

Kerala harvest festival — Moon in Shravana (Thiruvonam) nakshatra in Chingam (Leo solar month). Thiruvonam is Day 10, the main day of the 10-day Onam celebration.

• Pookalam (flower carpet)
• Onam Sadhya (feast)
• Vallamkali (boat race)
• Pulikali