Wednesday 13 November 2013

Panchuka AND the holy month of Kartika



As the Panchuka (the last five days of this Kartik month)starts or can say during this entire Kartik month  which is considered to be so auspicious, an aura of spirituality , austerity and divineness prevails with strong childhood memories . as soon as I wake up in the morning I miss all those  “muruja  jhoti” (designs made with rice powder and colours) which my mother used to make in front of TULASI CHAURA (holy basil) and all those designs included the holy faces of Lord  , swargadwara, and many characters from our hindu mythology as if representing  the whole Hinduism.  My child mind was so excited to see all those colors and was wandering around so many questions related to each of those characters. Then   we used to wait for noon for a satvik lunch(vegan meal without  garlic n onion) with habisha anna and dalma flavored with pure ghee . Evening  my mother used to lit “Akash deep(lamp/ lantern) for fore fathers……quite a holy and spiritual routine for entire month  and finally the “Boita bandana “(boat with a lamp was floated on flowing water”) on Kartik purnima. I  miss  all those moments which had such a strong impact on our upbringing…….
“Wish  you all A Happy Panchuka…….. …..Stay blessed”