Panakam is a popular festival drink. Many people are interested to know how to make Panakam. One of the major attractions of any festival is the food. On this day, the Hindus all over India prepare various delicious foods. In Telugu, one of the favorite recipe is Panakam. It is a sweet drink prepared with jaggery and flavored with dry ginger, cardamom and pepper. Another popular cuisine is Vada Pappu with Chalimidi. It is called naivedyam or prasadam. If you want to prepare Panakam visit the following links:
http://www.awesomecuisine.com/recipes/1589/1/Panakam/Page1.html
http://indiacuisine.blogspot.com/2006/04/panakampanaka-traditional-indian-drink.html
http://bhagavathy.blogspot.com/2009/02/thai-poosam-recipe-panakam.html
http://www.aayisrecipes.com/2007/03/27/pepper-jaggery-drinkpanakpanakam/
Sri Rama Navami is the birthday of Lord Rama, an avatar of Vishnu. On March 24, 2010, the Hindus all over the world celebrate the birth of Lord Rama. Rama Navami is one of the important Hindu festivals. The festival falls on the ninth day in the month of Chaitra according to Hindu calendar. This period is refered as “Shukla Paksha.” For this reason, this festival is also known as, “Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami.” On this day, Lord Rama also married Sita. This day also marks as the end of the nine day festival known as Vasanthothsavam (festival of spring), that starts with Ugadi.