With two big Hindu festivals falling in the same month, October has been cherished in all Indian homes. It was a month accompanied with more sweets, more celebrations, more holidays and more shopping. And now that it has come to an end, all that lingers are the wonderful memories of the festive season.
For the first time we celebrated Dussehra in the most traditional form with the worship of Goddess Durga and recitation of "Durga Saptashati" for 9 days. We also went to Mysore to witness the most famous Mysore Dussehra on dashmi. The 3.5 hrs colorful and grandeur procession from the Mysore Palace is the best I have seen till date. They had presented models with specialities of each district of Karnataka. Though it was extremely crowded but it was worth the visit. During my childhood days we used to watch "Raam Leela" and many other Dussehra jhaaki in my grandparent's place. The Palace procession triggered a sense of nostaliga down the memory lane.
The first Diwali after wedding is always special. While new clothes and sweets are implicit, with my brother visiting us for this occasion, it was even more fun. The Diwali celebrations in Bangalore simply amazed me. The crackers continued to burst from morning till late night for almost 3 days. While everyone has their own way of celebrating but I still feel that people should refrain from bursting such loud sound atom bombs and be a little more considerate to the environment and the human beings. My husband had got all the lighting crackers like flower pots, chakri, etc and we were contented and happy with our little collection.
With the year coming to an end, looking forward to the New Year celebrations at home. For those in the US, they still have Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas to celebrate. Whatever be the festivals, they just unleash the child within us and we all get together to enjoy the celebrations. Cheers to the festive season!!
For the first time we celebrated Dussehra in the most traditional form with the worship of Goddess Durga and recitation of "Durga Saptashati" for 9 days. We also went to Mysore to witness the most famous Mysore Dussehra on dashmi. The 3.5 hrs colorful and grandeur procession from the Mysore Palace is the best I have seen till date. They had presented models with specialities of each district of Karnataka. Though it was extremely crowded but it was worth the visit. During my childhood days we used to watch "Raam Leela" and many other Dussehra jhaaki in my grandparent's place. The Palace procession triggered a sense of nostaliga down the memory lane.
The first Diwali after wedding is always special. While new clothes and sweets are implicit, with my brother visiting us for this occasion, it was even more fun. The Diwali celebrations in Bangalore simply amazed me. The crackers continued to burst from morning till late night for almost 3 days. While everyone has their own way of celebrating but I still feel that people should refrain from bursting such loud sound atom bombs and be a little more considerate to the environment and the human beings. My husband had got all the lighting crackers like flower pots, chakri, etc and we were contented and happy with our little collection.
With the year coming to an end, looking forward to the New Year celebrations at home. For those in the US, they still have Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas to celebrate. Whatever be the festivals, they just unleash the child within us and we all get together to enjoy the celebrations. Cheers to the festive season!!
