The Dance of Destruction of the SW Monsoon continues. It is raining cats and dogs here in Guruvayur.
Fishermen are warned not to venture into the sea and Trawling is banned. Now the Sun is transiting Aridra and this is known as Thiruvathira Njattuvela in Kerala. 10 days, 10 nights, meaning that there will be sufficient rains with sunny interludes. The Dance of Destruction done by the Head of Orion, Mriga Sira, the samhara thandava of Mriga Sira is gone, replaced by the still fierce Aridra or Roudra Njattuvela. Njayar means Sun and Velas are periods, meaning that they are the periods of the Sun.
On 5 Jul, the Punarvasu Njattuvela will begin and on 19th, the Pushya Njattuvela.
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