It's purattasi saturday!

maa vilakku

Today it is the first saturday of purattasi month. According to tamil calendar purattasi month falls between september 15 and october 15. Today we offer thaliga for lord venkateswara. It is a mixture of rice, fruits, dal and vada. It has a heavenly taste! The main neivedhyam is maa vilakku(pindi deepam). This lamp is made of rice flour, jaggery and ghee. I drew namam on foreheads of chechu & aadhu. Today i prepared 5 varieties of rice, ( pulihora(temple style), lemon rice, coconut rice, curd rice, sweet pongal) , vada, dal & rice kheer and raw banana stir fry  for neivedhyam. i came to know that 5 varieties of rice can be offered to lord through geetha atha(my last aunt). All the dishes turned out well today! chechu took kalasam to the neighbourhood houses to collect rice for pooja. chechu enjoyed very well today!

                                                      this is thaliga(mixture of rice, dal fruits and vada)

happy ganesh chaturthi!

         Today is ganesh chaturthi. Happy ganesh chaturthi to all!
For me and chechu it is an important festival as ganesha is our favourite god. Chechu was thoroughly excited and amused with all these customs. Today all the dishes turned out well. The neivedhyam for pooja was chakkarai pongal, black channa sundal , sesame ladoo, spicy oats kozhukattai, peanut rice, coconut rice, mixed dal vada and tender coconut payasam.