Pre Diwali Eve in Pune

Mahathma Phule mandai

 

 

  Beautiful, Colorful Lanterns displayed for sell

 

 

Idols of Goddess Laxmi in a shop

 

 

Deepawali is incomplete with the diyas

 Happy Diwali !

Jorasanko Thakur Bari

This is the ancestral home of the Thakur family. Poet Rabindranath Tagore spend his lifetime here.

Nearest Metro: Girish Park

A part of it has been made into Rabindra Bharti University and another part turned into a museum

The above white palace is the residence of Maharshi Debendranath Tagore

 Rabindranath Tagore  while painting on a canvas

Lines handwritten by our KaviGuru

 

Digha Trip

Blue skies, white clouds, coarse brown sand and gentle sea waves against the shore

Shankarpur 

  Udaypur beach

Fresh crabs from the sea 

Ganesh Chaturthi

Celebration of  Ganesh Chaturthi  

 

  "Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh Deva

                                              Mata Jaki Parvati Pita Mahadeva"

 

Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival of the Hindus where Lord Ganesha - the deity of  wisdom and prosperity is worshiped with  great devotion across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and other parts of India. The celebration lasts for 10 days.

Ganpati idols at a shop

People buy small idols of Ganesha and bring home a day before the festival begins.  Housewives busily clean their house a month in advance. Pandals and houses are decorated with flowers and garlands to welcome Ganpati. 

In the morning people wake up, take a bath and a puja is held in honor of Lord Ganesha by the family members. Everyone loves their Ganpati. People of different caste and creed equally participate in the celebration.

On the 10th day, a procession is held out carrying Ganpati in a decorated chariot accompanied by drum beats, music and dance. 

The idol is finally immersed in water wishing loud "Ganapathi Bappa Morya, Purchya Varshi Laukar ya"  which means  - "Oh father Ganesh! come again next year soon".

An evening sky of Kolkata

I could not take my eyes off  staring at the beautifully lit evening sky of Kolkata. There were clouds, a splash of nature's own color,a gentle breeze and the swinging of the trees. Its looked as if the sky had put on an evening show of color and light for us.