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Hello, this is Maya learning how to blog. Hope to see how it works.

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Magic of Butterfly pea flowers/// shankapuspi

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  My Daughter loves pink, I know its all girls favorite color. But do you know we can make a simple tea of pink color.....  Being a mom means experimenting with so many things to make kids interesting with food, games, activities, learning... My daughter loves painting and mixing colors to see how new color comes up. She loves tea and so i did this with my daughter and she loved it..... Today when I was in our garden, saw many of these little blue and white flowers and I had read previously about simple herbal caffeine free tea of this so thought to try it out... (Butterfly pea flowers/// shankapuspi /// wikipedia says-  Clitoria ternatea  is also known as butterfly pea, blue pea, Aprajita, Cordofan pea, Blue Tea Flowers or Asian pigeonwings.) Ingredient- 1. handful of  Butterfly pea flowers 2. honey as needed for taste 3. lemon half squeezed 4. Water Firstly wash them, then boil a glass of water. When water boils , switch off and put these  handf...
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wedding costumes

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Weddings are the beginning of a new life so beginning should be perfect in all the way. Hence even the wedding costume should be perfect and according to the place or traditions. Now lets see the what makes the wedding costumes perfect: a)Colour:Indian weddings are colourful so wedding costume must be of some good colours such as maroon, red, orange... not black as it is not considered good and also not plain white (mourning)too. b)Secondly it should look elegant , sensual, modest and presentable. Now lets see what does an elegant dress means. For a bride usually sari is a a sensual and elegant attire. For a groom suit, sherwani We will also see what are the usual wedding attires based on different states in india: 1. Andhra pradesh: Bride- Sari mostly a red one or white sari with red border Groom-Dhoti and a shirt in their style only. In case the groom is Brahmin, he would not wear the shirt during marriage 2.Tamil nadu: Bride: Usually the bride wears a red colored saree with...
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Engagement traditions in India

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Indian culture is rich and diversified. It has its own unique ways with wide ranges of festivals, functions, customs, languages, religions and so on which are characterized by color, gaiety, enthusiasm, prayers and rituals. Example: 1.Indian culture treats guests, elders as god and they take care as a part of family with love and affection. 2.Respect each others and have a helpful nature. Even thought the times have changed but sum things never changes. They come along with you as hereditary, same is the culture. Indian cultures have wide range of festivals which brings joy and happiness in life. In India wedding and other ceremonies are also celebrated the same ways as of festival. In other words we can consider wedding also as a festival or tradition which is continuing from olden days. We will discuss about the wedding ceremonies in India but since India is a country with different states, people in all these states have different traditions or customs which will be di...
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