I visited the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar temple today and I would definitely visit this temple again. It is one of the temples that evokes nostalgia for me. When I was younger, I had Sunday religious lessons in that very same temple. I even had the opportunity to play Lord Ganesh once; I was the skinniest Ganesh ever. It was also a temple where we had many family functions.
However, I had no family function today nor do I still attend religious lessons. Instead I was there to give thanks and to seek further blessing from the god of prosperity. I broke 108 coconuts in the name of Lord Ganesha. Some sounded like a pop from a champagne bottle, an apt sound to celebrate my recent successes. While others sounded like a crash - and to my imaginative mind it sounded like the crushing of future obstacles. I really need him to clear any possible obstacles lying before my path to a successful future.
Tomorrow will be the start of a new chapter at SMU.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Sri Mariamman Temple, Shrine of Sharifah Rogayah, starfruit tree and Analakshmi restaurant
Wow that's a mouthful for post title.
Aruna and I had an awesome adventure yesterday. Our first stop was Sri Mariamman Temple where we bumped into Rishi, Meg, Kishaan and the rest. We were there for the oil ritual, a pre-Kobaveshakam practice and we had the liberty to take some pictures.
I was clueless to why we were applying oil onto the sacred idols nevertheless I did not want to let this rare opportunity slip away. A temple will only allow devotees to physically touch the sacred idols when they do a Kumbaveshakam, and this happens roughly once every 12years or more.
After an oily divine affair, Aruna and I were in search for the illusive Annalakshmi restaurant. This restaurant is one of its kind. It observes a 'Eat all you like and Pay what you want' policy. It get better, it is managed by volunteers from the TempleOfFineArts.
After a hearty, gastronomically and "spiritually" uplifting meal, we decided to visit the grave of a princess called Sharifah Rogaya. It was not an easy journey. We got attacked by mosquitoes and burnt by the scorching heat from the afternoon sun, but it was worth every mosquito bite and burnt when we finally found the tomb. It was uniquely situated beside a Star fruit tree, somewhere in an area behind the Hindu Ganesha Temple. We took some pictures of the tomb and the neighbouring star fruit tree.
All good things have to end. We decided to call it a day and headed home. I have uploaded the pictures of the entire episode onto photobucket. Enjoy!
Aruna and I had an awesome adventure yesterday. Our first stop was Sri Mariamman Temple where we bumped into Rishi, Meg, Kishaan and the rest. We were there for the oil ritual, a pre-Kobaveshakam practice and we had the liberty to take some pictures.
I was clueless to why we were applying oil onto the sacred idols nevertheless I did not want to let this rare opportunity slip away. A temple will only allow devotees to physically touch the sacred idols when they do a Kumbaveshakam, and this happens roughly once every 12years or more.
After an oily divine affair, Aruna and I were in search for the illusive Annalakshmi restaurant. This restaurant is one of its kind. It observes a 'Eat all you like and Pay what you want' policy. It get better, it is managed by volunteers from the TempleOfFineArts.
After a hearty, gastronomically and "spiritually" uplifting meal, we decided to visit the grave of a princess called Sharifah Rogaya. It was not an easy journey. We got attacked by mosquitoes and burnt by the scorching heat from the afternoon sun, but it was worth every mosquito bite and burnt when we finally found the tomb. It was uniquely situated beside a Star fruit tree, somewhere in an area behind the Hindu Ganesha Temple. We took some pictures of the tomb and the neighbouring star fruit tree.
All good things have to end. We decided to call it a day and headed home. I have uploaded the pictures of the entire episode onto photobucket. Enjoy!
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