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Saturday, October 07, 2006

Lakshmi Puja @ Home

Friday 06 October 06:

We had been preparing for this day from the night before. I had been anticipating this Puja way back from when Durga Puja got over. The promise of Narkol er Nadu" (Coconut & Gud laddus) and all the other prasad thereafter. I was up at the crack of dawn and off to the market to get flowers and all the other stuff required for the Puju. My aunt's we meanwhile making "luchis" (puris) and halwa and cutting the various fruits and arranging the room for the puja.

Paro indulged in some art end was busy putting "alpana" (white foot prints and other drawings depicting Goddess Lakshmi entering the house).

Once underway, the pundit went through his normal rituals and chants and kept us gripped to the entire Puja, which I was attending after a good 12-13 years. Ofcourse hunger pangs were building. Fortunately the Puja is short and sweet and I got straight to the point of savouring all the goodies after i had been given the go ahead.


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