Complex sentence: In the second half of the "Karkkadakam" (the 12th month in Malayalam calendar) in some places there is a custom; the cottages in the house are tied with rice and the occasional Bhagavathi Puja.
Split into simpler sentences: In the second half of the "Karkkadakam" (the 12th month in Malayalam calendar) and in some places there is a custom. The cottages in the house are tied with rice and the occasional Bhagavathi Puja.