Sharad
Purnima (All over India)
Is a harvest festival
when Laxmi, the Goddess of prosperity, visits all homes to bring
fortune and good luck to all. Kojagiri, the special night, is
celebrated with ice-cold, saffron-flavoured sweet milk, shared in
the cool moonlight, The newly harvested rice is offered to the gods
and lamps are lit before the full moon.
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