Date :23rd May 2009,Sunday
This Vinayaka chavithi was special to me for two reasons, one that it was my first vinayaka chavithi after I got married and the second that I managed to get our family tradition(making the idol with clay or mud) all the way to St Louis!
Yes, there is immense satisfaction and happiness when we make this murthi and worship it. I used to see my dad making this idol, he has perfected this art, one can actually feel as if God is sitting right in front of us!The main difficulty was to find clay !With great help from a very generous person, Valentina(thanku ..I owe u.), we managed to get clay from her friend , who does pottery.(If there is a will..there is a way..trust me!). Came home..applied my skills and my bojja ganapathi took shape. "Ganapathi Bappa moriya!"
The next day started pretty early than any other casual day. I had decided to make a few delicacies for this day...such as garelu, avadalu, chintha pandu pulihora and ofcourse, undarallu(specific to this festival) . Once all these were done, my hubby and I prepared ourselves to perform this pooja(thanx to the anonymous person who uploaded the pooja vidhanam and katha on youtube!).
We ate all the festive delicacies, we were full!!! :) I was tired and took a lovely nap. (felt blessed!)This was disturbed, thanks to my husband who was having a conversation with his friend over the phone regarding the minor axis and major axis of the earth's elliptical orbit!!!???!!!! and Mr Vamsi's phone call!!!
In the evening, my husband and I went to Forest Park. (Was feeling very languid!). A volleyball game worked well for me to get over it! We rushed home before it got dark...as the myth goes..one should'nt see the moon that night!(yeps...I totally believe it!).
A wonderful day overall...its over!! :( :( :(
Until next year.......
"Jai bolo Ganesh maharaj ki!"
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