GAMPU TIME..................

Festive season!!

...Dnt scratch your heads with the word 'gampu'...its got nothin to do with something like forest gump or nething...Its a funky name i have chosen for my fav god!...n thats lord ganpati...well,its his festival which is currently going on so a lil tribute to him...One of my favorite festivals is ganesh utsav..as the traditional name would suggest...ofcourse A coz its a festival celebrated for my fav god n B cuz a lotta exciting things take place!
It was saturday night,& as far as i remember it was 12:00 midnight when me n my dad were all geared up for the decorations.
My dad had just come home with the decor material and had handed it over to me...
i was a lil brain washed abt this whole decoration thing n was trying hard to convince my dad to jus quit the whole idea!...but then whom was i trying to fool...my dad's a major enthusiast...n an amazing artist...so he wasnt gonna budge thats wat i had realised..and ofcourse i was dragged into it...
so wat the heck!..we started..all sizes of brushes,colors,palletes,..i was surrounded by all sort of drawing material...and there i was painting away!..and viola!!...it was all done n ready!!...(the 'viola' should be multiplied with 3 hours of hard work!!)i was soo damn sleepy,wasnt even able to keep my eyes open to see my hand made masterpiece!!..
i managed to open a slit from those garfield eyes to realise that it was 3 a.m!'you must wake up by 7:00 am'..were those torturing words that punched my ears before i was gonna hit the sack...that was my mom reminding me that i was to wake up early the next day...or rather the same day!!
i just closed my eyes,and it seemed it was just for one minute and it was 7:00 in the morning!...
I was all excited ofcourse but my bed wouldnt let go off me!!...finally after a lottaf twists n turns i woke up all set for the pooja.This time around we werent gonna buy a mud idol..it was this gold plated one..which just had to come outaf our showcase...so not much of hollering whilst we get the idol home!...
i n my dad were contented enuf about the decoration part...ofcourse we have made awesome ones in our earlier years!...So finally 'gampu' was on his seat..all set!
The brilliant decorations(thank you very much!!)...the small rice lights sparkling around..sure did make it look real neat!...It was a sunday so all was done perfectly!...the day1 puja's n stuff were carried out well...A monday!..
i really hate mondays...i woke up early as always n off i was to mah office!!
my 2 adorable nephews were enjoying evry bit of the whole festival...n i was really envying em!!evry day it would be aarti time at 9:30..with not many but around 6 ppl in my family...on friday we celebrate the day for gouri(do not ask me any more details abt this)...
n this time it was my moms enthusiasm that was shining!...i had taken an off from work...to do something really constructive!...make modaks!thats 1 part of food i love to make n above all love to hog on!
...so there i was putting my skills in those tiny hands n shaping those round dough balls into modaks!...yummmmmmm...making modaks sure is a tough job..!! :)the very same evening was the most awaited 1!!...
on this day we invite most of the ppl for darshan...n that was it...i guess a minimum of 50 ppl came over...my feet had arrested me n were giving me a third degree torture!!
...i cud barely walk...n to add to all tht i had a 2 yr old munna bhai and a 11 mnth priest to take care of!!(thats the fancy dress competition that my nephews were a part of)and that day ended...i dont think i remember anything after 10:00 p.m cuz i was snoring away!
Back to saturday...a whole week had passed by... time for ganpati visarjan!...this is one day i really dislike..i mean who would like to let go off of something that has been so much of fun??but then all good things have to end... n so did this!...the only difference would be was tht the idol goes back into the showcase!..7 whole days and my fav god showered us with all his blessings and promises to do so forever...thats the reason we want him early next year..hence the saying.."ganpati bappa morya...pudhchya warshi luvkar ya!!"...