Sunday, September 19, 2010

Gauri Ganapati

Just back from Nagpur where i had gone to attend the Gauri i.e. Mahalaxmi Festival. It is a very interesting and religious occassion. I had gladly worn the sovla. which is wearing all new clothes. On wearing it you are not supposed to touch anybody or anything. These clothes are worn while preparing delicious prasad for the Gauri.

This Mahalaxmi festival lasts for three days. On the first day, we assemble the Gauris and their children in a well decorated room. There are two of them. One is the elder sister (Jyeshtha) and the other one is called the (Kanishtha) that is the younger sister. The statues of the goddesses are decorated with gold ornaments of the ladies of the home. They are decked up with beautiful sarees as well.

The next day pooja is performed. We i.e the ladies woke up at around 5.30 am on to make preparations for the prasad. Do you want to know the menu of the day? It is really finger liking delicious. Puran Polis,  mixed dal wadas, kadhi, kheer 16 types of vegetables are prepared. 8 types of salads (Koshimbirs) are required to be made.
After the pooja we say a lot of aartis.
Then the guests are served. The ladies of the house eat the last. Sometimes the whole day goes in serving people as many come to take darshan and nobody is sent khali pet.

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