Grhapravesham

Celebrated grhapravesham (house warming ceremony yesterday of our new house). Some photos.

Ganesha 2008

This is a picture of Ganesha that I made out of clay for Ganesha Chaturthi on the 4th of September 2008.  I do this every year and this year I was joined in by a ganas of Ganapathis by the entire family.  Here are the details.

This one is by my first daughter, Shruti.  I think she has done it better than what I've done.

The preparations underway for celebrations.  That is nothing big - we just say (pray) a few slokas, offer him some food and then we eat them!

What I like about Ganesha is that He is the simplest of all the Gods, benevolent and more importantly No Fuss.  He is fond of grass,  the supposedly lowliest but life giving for the entire earth.  The flowers he likes are wild. And his vehicle is the mouse.