For Muslims the holy month of fasting and prayer is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar year.

FORBES: The Astronomy of Ramadan

There is a familiar pattern in which youngsters turn to the movement for accommodation and then agree to follow a regime of fasting and prayer.

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Mudiyettu performers purify themselves through fasting and prayer, then draw a huge image of goddess Kali, called as kalam, on the temple floor with coloured powders, wherein the spirit of the goddess is invoked.

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