Yesterday was Ganesh Chaturthi, the auspicious day when Lord Ganesha comes to our home and showers His love & blessings upon us! Everyone is happy, excited, ecstatic to greet their favorite God. Nobody is left out of the fervor and festivities. And I mean NOBODY!
That includes Rain God too. It was raining the whole day yesterday, as if the rains were washing and cleaning everything to welcome Ganpati Bappa.
I was sitting in my balcony watching the rains and sipping tea and observing things in general, around. That's when I noticed two young girls on the road, one carrying an idol of Ganpati Bappa and the other with puja ingredients in her hand. Another woman behind them was carrying some decoration items. The glee and excitement on their face was visible even from my 3rd floor balcony.
I was just observing them when I noticed that they turned towards a construction site opposite to my house. Wondering where they were headed, I continued watching them. They headed to one of those temporary houses, made of tin sheets, that belonged to the site workers. One of the girls went inside and brought aarti thali to welcome the Lord of Wisdom in their house. I was overwhelmed at how peacefully the festivities had graced a temporary house amidst all the dhol-tasha & DJ banging for Bappa's arrival.
Maybe next year, those girls won't be here. They might be at another construction site with their families and the 'temporary houses'. But I'm sure the Lord will grace their homes with the same fervor and gaiety.
May Ganpati Bappa shower His blessings on everyone.
Ganpati Bappa Moraya!
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That includes Rain God too. It was raining the whole day yesterday, as if the rains were washing and cleaning everything to welcome Ganpati Bappa.
I was sitting in my balcony watching the rains and sipping tea and observing things in general, around. That's when I noticed two young girls on the road, one carrying an idol of Ganpati Bappa and the other with puja ingredients in her hand. Another woman behind them was carrying some decoration items. The glee and excitement on their face was visible even from my 3rd floor balcony.
I was just observing them when I noticed that they turned towards a construction site opposite to my house. Wondering where they were headed, I continued watching them. They headed to one of those temporary houses, made of tin sheets, that belonged to the site workers. One of the girls went inside and brought aarti thali to welcome the Lord of Wisdom in their house. I was overwhelmed at how peacefully the festivities had graced a temporary house amidst all the dhol-tasha & DJ banging for Bappa's arrival.
Maybe next year, those girls won't be here. They might be at another construction site with their families and the 'temporary houses'. But I'm sure the Lord will grace their homes with the same fervor and gaiety.
May Ganpati Bappa shower His blessings on everyone.
Ganpati Bappa Moraya!
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ReplyDeleteThank you Heena for your precious comment & going through my blog. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteNever ending story of gypsy's.for us those are temporary houses but for many of them may be permanent.strange people who builds so called"housing society"with so much of hard work only don't have house still we can see them always with beautiful and shiny smile on their faces.you know why? because they have "homes"not the just "houses".I think we all can learn the "basic formula of happiness"from them
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