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More intimate is the story of Onam in Kerala—a ten-day harvest festival where families create pookalams (flower carpets) and serve a grand sadhya (banquet on a banana leaf). Or Pongal in Tamil Nadu, where the first rice of the harvest is boiled in a clay pot until it overflows—a symbol of abundance. These stories teach that Indian culture does not separate the sacred from the secular; cooking, cleaning, and community gathering are all acts of devotion.