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For the past 10 years, Resmi Balakrishnan’s household has been carrying connected a elemental tradition. On the time earlier Vishu each year, they chopped the yellowish flowers of the 30-year-old ‘Kanikonna’ (Cassia fistula), oregon aureate ablution tree, successful their compound, bundle them neatly, and stock them with neighbours, friends, family, and adjacent strangers.
“I permission bunches of flowers connected the sit-out for anyone to take. It feels similar offering Vishukainettam, and we don’t privation to monetise it,” said Mrs. Balakrishnan.
As the frenzy astir Vishu gathers gait successful the city, the marketplace is catching up, with tiny cracker shops and vendors selling idols of Krishna mushrooming crossed the city.
