I have always wondered about the way in which the Hindu festivals are linked to the change of seasons . They are not merely symbolic as most people assume. Rather, the rituals or the prasadam involved in these celebrations mark a much needed shift in our eating habits to accommodate for the change in weather conditions. The fasting observed during Navratri is actually one such period of
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