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Some parts of India are celebrating the festival of Raksha Bandhan today. In my Palakkad Iyer community, today we celebrate Avani Avittam. First of all let me briefly explain the term “Avani Avittam”. While we follow the same English calendar as the rest of the world, we do use a different calendar for most of our religious rituals and celebrations, including birth or death anniversaries and festivals. This calendar also has 12 months and 30 or 31 days (sometimes 32). We also have (...)