Shivarathri Asamsakal - Scenes Inside Aluva Shivaratri & Te

by Jennifer Kumar, Cross Cultural Coach
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Aluva is a 'suburb' of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. Every year for Sivarathri, the celebration for Lord Shiva in February/March, The Aluva Shiva temple is the famous gathering spot for pilgrims. I found out that Shivarathri is not only a day to pray to lord Shiva but in this complex, people pray for the souls of their departed ancestors. To give homage to their dearly departed, devotees have a particular ritual where they gather some food stuff in a plantain leaf and when they dunk themselves in the Periyar River, they set the food stuff to float down the river.


Jennifer Kumar, CC, videographer, is a cross-cultural coach helping people find comfort in foreign lands through multicultural advising, interfaith coaching, expat mentoring, English as Second Language conversational and life skills coaching and more! Contact her for more information at authenticjourneys at gmail dot com.

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• Aluva
• Kochi
• Cochin
• Siva
• Shiva
• Rathri
• Ratri
• Sivarathri
• Mela
• Festival
• Fair
• Holiday
• Hindu
• Kerala
• 2011
• March