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Why do families build a small fire inside their modern kitchens during the festival.
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Lighting the new hearth at the exact astrologically calculated auspicious time is a deeply symbolic ritual representing a completely fresh start and the arrival of prosperity for the household.
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Families will physically build a temporary traditional wood fire stove even inside modern tiled kitchens specifically to boil a fresh clay pot of milk until it gracefully overflows signifying abundant blessings.
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