Happy Vinayaka Chaturthi!

Wish you all a wonderful, happy and prosperous Vinayaka Chaturthi.

Some Prasadam for Puliyaar(i love this name of vinayaka a lot) at our home.


Oh! I miss home so much today. Called up home with tears in my eyes, missing amma's kozhakattai (why can't mine come as nice as hers ! ), appa's poojai, the whole atmosphere at home.. I would help appa make the poonal and dress for the mann puliyar that appa would rush to buy first thing in the morning. Amma would hurry through making neividyam, while continously prodding appa to get ready and do the pooja. After giving one final "bark", he would go to bath, come out fresh - viboothi, veshti and all and settle down for a full one hour pooja.


In the evenings, we would visit one or two pandals where they kept huge huge vinayaka statues, end the day by visiting a couple of relatives and exchanging kozhakattai.... Oh! I miss home.

Comments

Gomathi Sarma said…
Happy Puliyaar Chathurthi to you.. Looks like you had a yummy kozhukkattai evening..

I need some kozhukkattai too.. (sob.. sob. sob...)
4:59 PM
Inca said…
hmmm - your kozhukattai looks yummy too...am sure it must be like amma's kozhukattai :D - seekaram come down to india and enjoy maadi...
1:51 AM
Anonymous said…
Hey... The prasadam looks veryyyy yummy !!! :)
8:45 AM
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