Welcome to Purnabramha Mauritius

The island of Mauritius was first discovered by Arab sailors, at some time in the 9th century, the exact date is unknown. At that time the island was uninhabited and covered in a dense forest. The Arab sailors were not interested in settling on the island which they named Dina Arobi or Dinarobin. Diogo Fernandes Pereira, a Portuguese sailor found the island in 1505 and decided to give it the name of Cerne. However, the Portuguese did not settle permanently on the island either. 

Food Culture 

Mauritian cuisine is said to be sea-food heavy as it forms a major part in stews and curries and other dishes as well. Crab curry, coriander and chilli fish, fried squid, Vindaye ourite, Vindaye poisson and other seafood based dishes are a must-try. In such diversified food culture, Purnabramha is definitely going to add Flavors of Speciality cuisine in the pallet of Mauritian.

Tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May); Natural hazards : tropical cyclones (November to April), most cyclones usually occur from the end of December until March. Mauritius has only two seasons, winter and summer. There is not much temperature difference between the two seasons of the year. The climate on the central plateau is cooler than on the coastal areas.

• Hottest part is the west coast
• Windiest part is the East coast
• December to February are the hottest months of the year
• The driest month of the year is October
• Coolest months are from June to August

Lunar New Year dates
The year of the Horse started on 31 Jan 2014

• The year of the Goat will begin on 19 Feb 2015
• The year of the Monkey will begin on 8 Feb 2016
• The year of the Rooster will begin on 28 Jan 2017

Although Mauritius doesn't have a huge Chinese population, the Chinese Lunar New Year is still celebrated as an official public holiday with red colours and firecrackers predominating.

Other holiday dates include:

• 1 & 2 January: New Year
• 1 February: Emancipation from Slavery
• Variable day in January/February for the Hindu festival of Cavadee celebrated mostly by Mauritius' Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai. Fire-walking, sword-swallowing, body-piercing and tongue-skewering
• Variable day in February/March for the Hindu festival of Maha Shivratree in honour of the god Siva when devotees, mostly white-robed, carry flower decorated hoops to Grand Bassin
• 12 March: Independence Day
• Variable day usually in March, but occasionally in April for the Ugadi New Year celebrated by Telegu from India.
• 1 May: Workers day of Solidarity
• 15 August is a public holiday for the Christian "Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary" in even years (2014, 2016, etc)
• Variable days towards the end of October/beginning of November for the joyful celebrations of Diwali when the whole island lights up
• 1 November is only a public holiday, in commemoration of the Christian "All Saints' Day" in odd years (2015, 2017, etc)
• 2 November: the day to commemorate the arrival of indentured labourers from the Indian Raj
• 25 December: Christmas Day