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Nelkathir/Paddy field from kerala/Onam greetings

Taken from a paddy field in kuttanadu, kerala.

Once this paddy fields were a typical feature of kerala. It was so much connected with the social,political and cultural life of people there. Their main art forms or rituals are some way or other connected with the harvest season. The paddy cultivation plays a major role in socio-cultural life of rural India. Many festivals such as Onam in Kerala, Bihu in Assam, Sankranthi in Andhra Pradesh Thai Pongal In Tamil Nadu, Makara Sankranthi in Karnataka, Nabanna in West Bengal celebrates harvest of Paddy.

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Uploaded on September 8, 2011
Taken on January 17, 2011