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Chant Om for the #OnamFestival

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              Photo credit : <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/- azure-/1238113215/">Joseph Thekkekara</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/709b09">Visual hunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> Colorful, culture filled and consistently glorious! Welcome to the sunburn-esque and sundry festival, for a section of people in India, who are attached to the southernmost strip of land in India -  Kerala!  Considered as God's Own Country, for its natural beauty - green cover and lagoons alike, Onam is a traditional harvest festival that is syncretic in nature and brings humanity under one roof, so to speak!  A strictly vegetarian fare on a plantain leaf called the  Sadhya , takes prominence during this festival. Anything close to 26 dishes, 4 sweet dishes, and snacks are served in this elaborate  lunch-n-dine  experience, that leaves al...