Lord Ganesha has yet another birthday!!

Today was Ganesh Chaturthi (Lord Ganesha's birthday) which is celebrated with gusto by Hindus everywhere. In case you are new to this blog and are wondering why an English Lord's birthday should get such prominence, Ganesha is the Elephant headed god revered by the Hindus as the remover of obstacles!

I have written about Ganesh Chaturthi in the past here and here. As you can see, it is always a celebration if it happens to fall on a weekend!! As you can also see, this blog is getting older (3 posts on Ganeshas birthday!!).

I did do the pooja with everyone in the house helping out, especially the little ones.

Jr. started the day by explaining to the little one :

"Today is pulliyar ummachi's birthday. But he doesnt like cake! We make Indian food and some special food. kozhukkattai(dumplings) irukkum. apparom Roti Irukkum (there will be Rotis), Vadai irukkum (there will be vadai's) ... " and she went on to mention a lot of Indian good eats that are not specific to this function! I captured the tail end of this explanation on video. Well, there is always next year for a better secret video.

Here are the photos from this years function, and yes, the eats were really yummy!

This year also saw another change. Jr., who was so far a consumer of Kozhukattais, decided to help out with the manufacturing process.

I saw that and got all mushy!! My girls are growing up, and it won't be long before they join their mom in lowering their estimate of my IQ. I pray to Lord Ganesha to keep my IQ constant in the eyes of my little girls going forward.

The festival season is here, ladies and gentlemen...

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