Growth In Coconut

I broke a coconut on September 15, 2007, and found a strange growth within. Padmaja was very excited to see it. It seems this is very very rare and is considered to be very auspicious. I had never seen such a growth before though Padmaja had.

Rakhi 2007

Rakhi this year fell on August 28. This was Mamli & Bablu's 3rd Rakhi. Rohan Padhi (Gulu), my brother-in-law, visited us for Rakhi. Gayatri, my sister, had sent Rakhis for me and for Bablu (from her two daughters, Meghu & Chikoo).

We celebrated Rakhi in the morning.

Gulu had brought his camcorder and shot a movie of the proceedings.

 

Video Album 2 - Rakhi 2007

(Click image above to see the video on Picasa Web Albums)

Here is the embedded video.

The Story Of Krishna

Cartoon Network is showing an animated series on the life of Krishna. The first part, The Birth of Krishna, was telecast last year and has been rerun many time since. The second part, Kansha Vaad (Killing of Kansha), was telecast on Tuesday, Sept 4 on the occasion of Janmastami, Krishna's birthday.

The entire family watched the Kansha Vaad and we all enjoyed it immensely. Highly recommended,

Shree Shree Jaganath Ratha Yatra 2007 - Photo Gallery

Puri Online has a photo gallery of this year's Ratha Yatra.

Also a video gallery with videos of the Snana, Hati Besha & The Yatra.

Great work Bulu & team!

Shri Shri Jaganath's Ratha Yatra

Today is the Ratha Jatra of Shri Shri Jaganath, the lord of the Universe. The Ratha Jatra is an annual pilgrimage that Jaganath along with his elder brother Balabhadra & younger sister Subadhra undertake to the adobe of their aunt. Special Rathas are built every year by a guild of carpenters & blacksmiths. The Rathas are swept by the King of Puri with a golden broom before the Jatra commences.

Jaganath's wife Lakshmi is left behind by the siblings and she closes the temple doors on them, to be opened only when they return.

See the live telecast on major TV channels today. You can also see a live web cast of the Ratha Jatra on PuriOnline.

See this article for information about the Ratha Jatra and meet the head carpenters.

 

Jaganath Swami

Nayana Patha Gami

Bhava Tume!

 

Maha Sivaratri Flowers!

Padmaja has a large collection of plants in pots. Some time ago she had planted a Hibiscus in the balcony attached to the children's bedroom.

The plant bloomed for the very first time on Maha Sivaratri.

Holi Haii !!!

Holi, the festival of colors is a time to have a lot of fun. I will write more about Holi in a later post. For now, here are a few pictures of my daughter playing holi with some of her friends.

Holi Haii...

Niki, with Durgesh nandini in the background, filling her color spray gun...

Afshan, another friend of Durgesh Nandini.




Durgesh Nandini with her color spray gun...

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Flying Kites (Sankranti 2005)

On Sankranti this year we had a get together at Mathew's place in Secunderabad. Ravi, Vatshala, Padmaja, I along with Mathew and Nivedita. We had a good time in the late morning, then we went to buy kites and all the other stuff you need for flying kites. Came back with about 8 kites. A colleague of Mathew who is an expert at kite flying also joined us. Got back to the house in time for lunch.

After lunch we took the kids to the roof top and had a good deal of fun with the kites. The kids enjoyed themselves a lot. And so did we !!!

From left to right - Nikhil (Ravi's eldest son), Ananya (Mathew's Daughter) and Durgesh Nandini (My daughter). Getting ready for kite flying..

Mathew & Ananya with their kite...

Durgesh Nandini's kite...

Durgesh Nandini flying her kite...

Ravi & Nikhil with their kite.

Mathew showing Ananya how to tie a kite...

Jyotiraditya with Sangeeta. He was sleepy that day and rather out of it...

Ravi with Druvh, his second son.

Padmaja & Jyotiraditya...

Padmaja with Jyotiraditya and Vatshala with Druvh

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