Kuttanad, rice bowl of Kerala has the distinction of being one of the few places in world where farming is carried out below sea level. Summer rain wretched the full grown paddy fields causing germinated rice seeds, even before it could be harvested. Some farmers shared their grief, while others angered!
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On the occassion of annual Pongala festival held in the city of Trivandrum.This gathering of women with their cooking pots make a special ‘pongala offering’ to the goddess Attukalama. This festival won the world guiness award for recording the highest attendance of women, 1.5 million (15 lakhs) in 1997. Ever since the number of attendees have been on the rise! The city was filled with smoke when millions of stoves were fired at the same time. Despite heat, smoke and dust, women just went on..