{"id":3301,"date":"2020-04-14T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2020-04-14T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T06:22:00","slug":"vishu-the-planting-season-of-kerala-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3301","title":{"rendered":"Vishu, the Planting Season of Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"77ih5-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"77ih5-0-0\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Po9XBpfK_jE\/XpWMmd6NUTI\/AAAAAAAApQY\/Sb3NwBD9jJkdWkOL3c7Ry1_XmxFt2ZKwwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/VISHU0.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"434\" data-original-width=\"450\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Po9XBpfK_jE\/XpWMmd6NUTI\/AAAAAAAApQY\/Sb3NwBD9jJkdWkOL3c7Ry1_XmxFt2ZKwwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/VISHU0.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"77ih5-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"77ih5-1-0\"><span data-text=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span data-offset-key=\"77ih5-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"77ih5-1-0\"><span data-text=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"2l94m-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"2l94m-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"2l94m-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">    <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"743eg-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"743eg-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"743eg-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">We have said that Vishu  or the Sun\u2019s entry into the zero degree of sidereal Aries, is the time for the farmers to sow.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"ds1jm-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"ds1jm-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"ds1jm-0-0\"><br data-text=\"true\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"fk3c8-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"fk3c8-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"fk3c8-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Vishu or the solar ingress into Aries, is celebrated all over Kerala. This is the dawn of a good era, as it marks the end of the hot seasons of Kumbha ( Aquarius ) and Meena ( Pisces ). Temperature touching 43 degrees is disconcerting. Vishu is the heralder of the two monsoons, the Kala Varsha and the Thula Varsha. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"pvsp-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"pvsp-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"pvsp-0-0\"><br data-text=\"true\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"bsahe-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"bsahe-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"bsahe-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Hail, Vishu, O Changer of Seasons !<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"bj177-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"bj177-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"bj177-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Thou bringest news auspicious,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"8aolm-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"8aolm-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"8aolm-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">And relief from the blistering heat,<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span data-offset-key=\"8aolm-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">As the Sidereal Spring equinox.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span data-offset-key=\"8aolm-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span data-offset-key=\"2lacl-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/html\/vishu.asp\">Vishu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"2lacl-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"2lacl-0-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"1jhsj-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"1jhsj-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"1jhsj-0-0\"><br data-text=\"true\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2tqcl\" data-offset-key=\"4h97j-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"4h97j-0-0\">\n<span data-offset-key=\"4h97j-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Read on at <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have said that Vishu or the Sun\u2019s entry into the zero degree of sidereal Aries, is the time for the farmers to sow. Vishu or the solar ingress into Aries, is celebrated all over Kerala. This is the dawn of a good era, as it marks the end of the hot seasons of Kumbha &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3301\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vishu, the Planting Season of Kerala&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}