Laxmi.. the goddess of wealth.The bengalis, the people worship her for wealth.. for happiness, contentness in life.. And if you ask why wealth, its simply because “Wealth is not everything, but a must need..”
From the morning, rather yesterday the elders remain busy in marketting , buying the required things needed for the puja…Then the day of puja comes…. The most interesting thing which I find in Laxmi puja is the “alpona-session”..In this, all you have to do is to sketch footprints of the goddess… Sounding pretty easy?? haan? ..but I tried many time but everytime i screwed it.. Thereafter, mom doesn’t let me touch “kharimati”( by which ‘alpona’ is designed)…lol..
In the afternoon, the elder women get dressed in red bordered white sarees( I love that look) & sit together for the fruit-cutting session…:).. kudos to them!!…How can they sit at the same place for hours??… Next comes ‘anjali’… then ‘sinni-session’- its a mixture of fruits , milk, sugar & many more…& It tastes awesome…
Left-Thats kharimati…Right-That’s a ‘pradip’..
On a whole… maa Laxmi , the daughter of Durga comes on earth just after Durga pujo to freshen the environment of festivals .. give everyone the feeling of not being upset & whispers in our ears, the ‘festival of lights’ is knocking at the door…!!
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I am So impressed with your Knowledge i.e bengali customs..who says that GEN X boys/girls doesn’t have any knowledge about their culture?
Keep twitting me about your blog
heyy..the last line was awesome..the festival of light is knocking at d door..really after durga puja when maa durga leaves for kailash we all get d verge of sadness widin ourself..n dazz y may be 2cheer up all d dear ones of devi durga..her daughter maa laxmi cums n lets us regain all our happiness and charm..n tries to inform us dat its d month of festival..
bdw souvick..alpona is better when it is left up2 girls..hihihi..
anyways..my personal feeling abt lokkhi pujo is like gettin dressed up in a beautiful saree..gvin anjali n den havin prasad n dat sinni..datzz awesome in taste..
loved anoder post of urs..[:)]
Thanks Disha & Aritra & yes.. leaving the alpana designing for girls.. not my cup of tea… 😉
gen x knows how to balance stuff… and more so, its gen – W ‘s responsibilty to teach to gen x … the tradition…
the first picture is too cool!
Festival wishes. Looks like your lakshmi pooja celebrations are very cheerful and fun filled. One more enlightening post 🙂