It's not time for cows to party in God's Own Country, Kerala, yet. While Maharashtra and Haryana have pulled the plug on the beef-serving fraternity, down south the story is different.

A Hindu-Muslim mix of people in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala came together for an open-air cooked meal. What was on the menu? Beef curry, of course.

Protest organiser B Biju told NDTV, "This is a token protest against the ban of beef in Maharashtra and a warning for anyone who would want to implement the same in Kerala. Any ban our food will not be acceptable. " [sic]

Interestingly, beef sales figures in the state clearly show that it is Kerala's favourite meat. "It is estimated at 2.3 lakh metric tonnes against the corresponding figure for poultry -- 1.51 lakh metric tonnes," NDTV notes.