Saturday 11 September 2010

Vinayaka Chaturthi Wishes :)


I have always had fond memories of celebrating Vinayaka Chathurthi as a child and I am glad the practice still continues jus' the same way. The preperation for the festival starts a day in advance. On the eve of Vinayaka Chaturthi we make a visit to the nearby vinayaka temple where they sell all the decorative items and the various items required for the pooja.

Right from selecting the colorful umbrella for lord Ganesha , the thoranams to decorate the pooja shelf .. flowers.. garlands etc has always been a much sort after event.. Any festival that involves shopping even to the smallest scale is so much fun :) . The next day starts with preperation of kozhkattai/mothagams where everyone at home is involved in preparing the sweet dumplings.





After a special offering to lord Ganesh the day continues with sharing the sweet delicacies with friends and ofcourse with the Vinayaka chaturthi special programs on TV and later in the evening it is time to visit my most favourite pillayar koil in town, which is about ten mins drive from my home.
Vinayaka Chathurthi also instills in me a feeling that it is the beginning of a list of festivals to follow, though technically speaking we celebrated Krishna Jeyanthi a week before.
Wish you all a happy Vinayaka Chaturthi and loads of happinness and peace in life :) Lets get started for the festive season ahead ..

8 comments:

Preetilata【ツ】 said...

lovely post with some beautiful pictures. happy ganesh chaturthi to u too.

how r you girl?

Anonymous said...

Found you while blog-hopping and enjoyed a peep through your culture.

Happy Vinayaka Chaturthi to you too :)

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Preetilata

Thank you very much Preeti :)

I am doing good girl, How are you?? Its been really long ..

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Reenie

Glad to have you at my blog space. Thanks for dropping by :) and thanks for your wishes as well.

Jus' visited your blog space, will be there to read more of it.

sheila said...

Nostalgic memories....
my mouth is watering....

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Sheila

:) I will make them for you the next time you guys are in India :)

Sundar said...

If the photo looks so good, I am sure these must be yummy கொழுக்கட்டைs. Could you please courier some here :)

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Sundu

Thanks , yup they were very tasty. Will make them afresh when you guys are here :)