Happy Ayudha Puja!

          'Ayudha Puja' is an integral part of Navratri Festival(festival of triumph),a Hindu festival which is traditionally celebrated in India.It is also called 'Astra Puja' in some parts of India.Ayudha Puje or Astra Puje,in simple terms means,'Worship of implements or weapons.'Ayudha puja falls on the ninth day or Navami of bright half of moon's cycle of 15 days.

            This is about what exactly is 'Ayudha Puja.'Now let me describe about the way we celebrated 'Ayudha puja.'And doing it in a blogpost will also help me recollect the memories of Ayudha puja.

          'Ayudha puja' mainly refers to worship of weapons.So,first we had to clean our weapons.Weapons might mean different to different people but it basically refers to the things that are helping us achieve something.So the vehicles in our home,lifting machine in our new home which is under construction were the weapons to us.I took up the responsibility of washing all the motorbikes,Infact,I love doing that.By the time I was done with washing the vehicles,my mother was ready with the items to perform the puja.So the vehicles were parked in a line and lemons were placed in front of the front and back wheels of motorbikes.Then,the puja began and we all seeked the blessings of God to achieve more using these weapons.Once the puja was done,the vehicles were turned on and moved front for few meters such that the lemon gets squeezed.

              The same process was repeated in our farm as well but the vehicles there were different.After the puja and after the vehicles were moved,delicious sweets were distributed to everyone present there and even the workers Next comes the most wonderful part which I have been seeing from my childhood and I feel very happy each time I see that.It is the distribution of clothes to workers along with a box of sweets.Isnt this AWESOME???I really admire dad for this.Dad could simply give them money on the occasion of festival and tell them to celebrate the festival.But dad and mom make sure that they themselves get cloth material for men and women workers respectively.And then they give it to the workers with their own hands along with a box of sweets.The most amazing part is the whole family gets the cloth material.I just love Ayudha puja and mainly this part of Ayudha puja.

          So,this was the way in which we celebrated Ayudha Puja.

Thank you for reading.

Vishwesh Wali from India.

Preparation for Ganesh chaturthi

 

         'Ganesh chaturthi' is a Hindu festival celebrated in honor of the god Ganesha.Ganesha is considered to be the god of beginnings and wisdom and also the remover of obstacles.It is one of the Hindu festival which is celebrated with happiness,enthusiasm and mainly with preparation of variety of dishes and sweets.

           Ganesh chaturthi involves installing Ganesha idols or statues in colourfully decorated homes and also in specially erected temporary structures(pandals) in every locality.It definitely needs a humongous preparation on the eve of the festival to ensure that everything goes on amazingly on the day of the festival.

              We friends have been celebrating Ganesh chaturthi from past two years by installing Ganesha idol in decorated pandals near my home.And this year being the third year and tomorrow being the festival,there was a lot of preparation to be done.Firstly,we had to collect monetary contributions from the people in our locality.Luckily,we got some amazing and generous people who helped us by giving large monetary contributions.We also had to order for the pandals,speakers,focus light.I would like to thank my friend Akash who helped us by giving speakers and focus light by their own shop.We had ordered for pandals two days back and it finally got installed in the right place today.

               A very generous friend of ours helped us by contributing the entire money required for the Ganesha idol.So,the important work which was pending was to clean up the area where the idol will be installed and make suitable platform for installation of the idol.So it was time for us to put our heart and soul and keep everything ready for tomorrow.

            As soon as we all finished our dinner,we got on to the field and started working.We being a 'team' was definitely a plus point.We had to do various works like cleaning the floor and then putting on the carpet,making suitable platform for placing the idol and checking the lights.The idol of God Ganesha will be placed tomorrow morning followed by a profound Pooja.Pooja is a prayer ritual performed by Hindus to host,honour and worship one or more deities.

            Finally,we finished all the works and the place is completely ready which will become COMPLETE after placing the idol of Ganesha.It was a wonderful feeling as we all worked so late in the night without any cribbing or unwillingness.We did it with happiness and enthusiasm.This is making me feel wonderful.

          I am also feeling happy and grateful that even after doing all this,i sat down to write my today's blogpost and completed it as well.I wish a happy festival to all Hindus and everyone celebrating 'Ganesh chaturthi.'May god remove all the obstacles in your life and bestow his graces and favours upon you.

Thank you for reading.

Vishwesh wali from India.

Ayudha Puja

               Ayudha Puja is an integral part of Navrathri Festival(Festival of triumph),a hindu festival which is traditionally celebrated in India.It is also called "Astra Puja",the synonym for ayudha puja.The festival falls on ninth day of bright half of moon's cycle of 15 days in the month of September/October.In Karnataka,the celebrations is for killing the demon king Mahishasura by goddess Chamundeshwari.After slaying the demon king,the weapons were kept for worship.Thus its a tradition followed even now,wherin weapons are kept for worship.Weapons means a tool or thing with which a person is living his life.It may be cars,motorbikes,cycles,owners of shop assume the items in the shop as there weapons and many more as such.
                 I would like to write this blog as a remembrance for me about ayudha puja this year.Infact this is the first ayudha puja after I started to write blogs.I definitely feel that blogs are also a kind of weapons for me to increase my knowledge,share memories,feel them,to INSPIRE.Well today was a good day,the day began with making preparations for the puja.The puja was in our farm and we were preparing for the things to be taken there and we set off with our preparations.After we reached,it was  an asusaul wonderful experience to see AMMA(Mother) do the puja with interest.prayers and well wishes.After the puja,sweets were distributed and then was the amazing time wherin amma distibuted new clothes to all the workers and their Families.Then it was time for a brilliant Lunch.
             After all these,we spent some time there and we had to return because parents had to leave to Bidar(my native) for tomorrow's VijayDashmi Festival.Lots more to happen for the day.
        Wish all Hindus a Happy Ayudha Puja.May God bless you with happiness an prosperity.