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The Malayalam word "kani" literally means "that which is seen first", so "Vishukkani" means "that which is seen first on Vishu". The traditional belief is that one's future is a function of what one experiences, that the new year will be better if one views auspicious joyful things as the first thing on Vishu. Therefore Malayali Hindu women spend the day before preparing a setting, usually a tray, of auspicious items. This setting is the first thing they see when they wake up on the Vishu day.

The Vishukkani setting consists of items such as rice, golden lemon, golden cucumber, coconut cut open, jack fruit, kanmashi Kajal, betel leaves, arecanut, metal mirror (Vaalkannadi), golden yellow Konna flowers (Cassia fistula) which bloom in the season of Vishu, holy Hindu texts, coins or currency notes, oil lamp (nilavilakku), and an image of the Hindu god Vishnu.

The tradition has been that one of the members of the house, typically the mom or elderly person lights up the lamps at dawn, then goes to each member of her family one by one, blindfolds and wakes each one up, walks them to the front of the setting. She then releases the blindfold so one can see the setting, and then greets the Vishu day

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Happy Vishu!!! Since it’s my first one as a married woman, does it make it my Thala Vishu?? I have so many vivid memories of Vishu as a child, waking up at absurdly early hours and being dragged to the kitchen with my eyes closed to see the #vishukani Amma had so beautifully decorated. She would explain that we should begin the new year by seeing auspicious things first. The silver plate would be covered in grain, and placed on top would be various fruits representing the different tastes (mango for sweet, lime for sour, etc.) She'd tell me to look through the mirror at all these fruits, gold, and silver, to see, appreciate, and thank the Lord for all that He has blessed us with. So grateful to be able to do this myself this year, in my new home, and to have someone whom I can blindfold and drag along 😉 P.S. Pretty proud of this grandmother-recipe-taught-via-skype prasadam: Vella Avil. I may or may not have eaten it all myself... HAPPY VISHU and இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் ❤️

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