11-14-2003, 12:46 AM
Friends, I have been trying to resurrect an ancient Hindu rite called the vaTakini paurNamAsya. Do any of you all observe it these days? It is a festival full moon on which people only eat vaTakas (sanskrit for vaDas). Please let me know.
I think the vaDa is one of India's greatest early innovations. In its regional manisfestation I would elect the following as the greatest:
Karnataka/Mangalore: The holed urada vaDa and flat vaDa.
MaharashTra: The potato vaDa and the Sago vaDa,
Tamil Nad: the "Turtle" vaDa.
I think the vaDa is one of India's greatest early innovations. In its regional manisfestation I would elect the following as the greatest:
Karnataka/Mangalore: The holed urada vaDa and flat vaDa.
MaharashTra: The potato vaDa and the Sago vaDa,
Tamil Nad: the "Turtle" vaDa.