Chennai Diaries

The photographs of the house in Chennai.

 

June 1st and 2nd

Hectic 2 days with so much of activities. We had some tension as we could not reach the guy who was organizing food, Chamiana, Chairs and so on. He went to Bangalore and his phone went dead. We got frantic as we didn’t hear anything until we were getting ready to check in to Green Coconut Resort. Shoba got hold of the guy’s father finally and he confirmed that all is well and everything will be done even if there is delay.

We checked in at 2:30 pm into GCR after droping the Puja items the Vedic Scholar asked us to buy. The Vedic Scholar didn’t arrive until 6:30 pm and the tiffin and coffee we ordered came in at 4 pm. The Resort told us outside food is not allowed in general but gave exception to the Vedic Scholar. He came with 7 others and 2 drivers and all were able to comfortably stay in 4 rooms as each unit had multiple rooms. But to our surprise he announced that he needs to perform Vasthu Puja in the night of 1st. We had to scramble to the house and make so many arrangements. After a few stressful moments, finally we finished the Vasthu Homa at 10:30 pm and had packed dinner at the new house. Interestingly two of them cooked the meal themselves as they don’t eat outside food.

On June 2nd we got up at 4 am and reached the house by 5:15 am. Luckily Chamiana was erected and all the chairs were in. They finished tying Banana trees and Mango leaves early morning hours. The Grahapravesam started sharp at 6 am. We had another stressful situation abou the cow and the calf. Finally we arranged two guys and one of them showed up on time.

The cow entered the house first after Puja outside. Then Shoba had to kick a vessel filled with rice and jaggery before entering the house. That was not a tradition in TN but we did it in Karnataka style. The homam brought great vibration and they did the homam in the center of the house where the high rise is located. It finished by 10:30 am.

Guests started coming from 8 am and continued until 2 pm. Luckily most Puja was finished before we started receiving guests. Some family members came early before Puja. The Vedic Scholars team left around 11 am as they decided to have lunch in Mahapalipuram Padachala.

We have to stay overnight in the house and we just lost power. We are hoping it will come back soon. There is never a dull moment.

 

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