A dense shrub with light purple flowers found in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district ...

Instead, other flowers like tulsi, thechi (Ixora), jasmine, jamanti (hibiscus), and rose will be used," news agency PTI quoted Prasanth as saying. Also read: West Nile virus spreads in Kerala ...

Two temple administration boards in Kerala have banned the use of ‘arali’ (oleander) flower in the offerings to the deity (naivedyam) as well as in food given to devotees as ‘prasadam’ in ...