Deepavalli 2024
Spending deepavalli day in dad's home in irinjalakuda brings some peace and calm into the ocassion. Diwali ( pronounced deepavalli in south india) a festival of lights reminds us once again about the prevailing of light over darkness. Goddess lakshmi and Lord Ganesha are specially workshipped on the ocassion. Legend has it that Lord Rama when he returned from exile to his kingdom was welcomed with lights, pomp and fervour by the people and marks Deepavali day. For me as an individual and family member deepavalli brings back memories of childhood when many times my brother and me wore new dresses stitched by my mom and carried sweets and savouries made by my mom to neighbourhood homes. We burst crackers called atom bomb, kuruvi vedi, ola vedi ( my brother ba will know more about crackers, he was such a crackers enthusiast that he once sustained burn injuries and had to be rushed ) , had the splendorous flower pots , rocket, shanku chakram, maala vedi....as a little one i was more than contended with just the reel of pataas in the gun, the kambi thiri ( sparklers) and the little jack in the box like worms tablets. I thank almighty for this ocassion to be able to sit down in the peace of irinjalakuda on a bright October end day , receive some guests home with little deepavali sweets, have a quite simple lunch at home with my dad and generally let it all roll out. Visited the local mukundapuram temple which is on a small mount today evening. It's my most favourite local temple , don't know why but I feel drawn to it by some force. My 85 years old dad used to narrate stories of how he used to walk by mukundapuram temple as a child while returning from school and the priest in the temple often shooed the children away. I understand my dad to have been among those bunch of kids who played pranks with the priests and higher ups who lived close to the temple premises. Happy Deepavalli and let's be conscious receptive of the bright sunshine on us. May we be able to awaken ourselves upto the brilliance that the world and our life has to offer us.
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