Description

Illomnira ceremony in Kerala is associated with harvest and it is a tribute to the nature. It is celebrated in Kerala temples during the month of Karkidakam or the 1st day of Chingham, the Kerala New year (Malayalam Calendar). For Illomnira,newly reaped paddy spikes are brought into the temple by the Chief Priest carrying on his head, and special Pujas being performed on the paddy spikes and offered to the Deity, later this being distributed to the devotees.