{"id":798,"date":"2013-04-28T15:53:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T10:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/?p=798"},"modified":"2013-04-28T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T10:55:59","slug":"viewing-a-vibrant-vishukkani-vishu-celebrations-in-nerul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/798","title":{"rendered":"Viewing a Vibrant Vishukkani: Vishu Celebrations in Nerul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-800\" alt=\"Vishu-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-1-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Vishu marks the beginning of a new calendar year in Kerala. The principle behind the celebration of this festival lies in the fact that a good beginning paves the way to success. In fact, it is a day of supplication and surrender to that Supreme power we call God, without whose grace our limited faculties can achieve nothing.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-801\" alt=\"Vishu-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-2-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The celebrations at the Nerul Ashram began in the morning of Sunday, April 14, as devotees rushed in to get a first glimpse of the Vishukkani. The vibrantly arranged Kani comprised of a rich spread of the choicest fruits and vegetables, as also the \u2018Navadaanyam\u2019 (nine different varieties of grains). The resplendent yellow \u2018konna\u2019 flowers (golden showers) and a majestic idol of Lord Krishna added to the serene ambiance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802\" alt=\"Vishu-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-3.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2013\/04\/Vishu-3-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Devotees participated in the chanting of the Ashtothram and the Lalita Sahasranama Stotram. The afternoon celebrations concluded with the serving of Mahaprasad to everyone present. A good number of devotees attended the Vilakku Puja conducted in the evening. The program came to a close with the Maha Arati to Amma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vishu marks the beginning of a new calendar year in Kerala. The principle behind the celebration of this festival lies in the fact that a good beginning paves the way to success. In fact, it is a day of supplication and surrender to that Supreme power we call God, without whose grace our limited faculties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}