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From olden times, every community in India celebrates various festivals and the most enjoyable feature of the celebration is to eat one's favourite foods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery festival traditionally has one or more sweets and savouries to go with the occasion, for example, Payasam for Hindu New Tear, Thengai Poli for full moon day of the month of Shravan, Pooranpoli for Harvest times, Murukku for Krishna Jayanti, and so on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLikewise, tradition prescribes the cooked savouries and sweets that must be offered to every deity. Indeed, even different foods are offered to the same deity in different seasons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany legends, myths and tales of mysticism are retold in this book about the deities in the Hindu pantheon. 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