Goddess Laxmi in western clothes..

Aruna
What a deliciously refreshing story! And hilarious too! And congrats on your hit debut!:thumbsup
Probabaly Goddess Lakshmi wanted to try western clothes and through you she got her wish finally! There is a first time for everything you know! Now that She has accepted your skirt and blouse I am a little curious as to what you are going to get her next year..do keep us posted!

 

Dear Aruna,

I just don't believe my eyes!! I noted this title while quickly glancing through snippets and remember making a note of it. Ofcourse, the absent minded me did not note your name! Today, I almost fell off my chair reading your name but was not sure if you have written in the past in Snippets.

So, this IS your First Snippet offering and must say you have done an excellent job!:thumbsup The title itself is a rocker!

I totally empathize with the dilemma you faced this Diwali! It is a bridge that I crossed many many years ago. Well, my beloved Laxmidevi welcomes your western attired Goddess Laxmi, only, She too will be in T's and shirts and pants!! Yes yes and She is quite comfortable in it.

L, Kamla

 

Dear Aruna,

you forgot the main crux of hinduis - it is way of live. you need not hunt fot dresses - ambal will wear what ever we offer. have'nt we heard that goddess live in forest also - so you could have offered clothes made of leaves or bark. what pa you forgot IL - must have asked us some suggestions - Sudha dear would have designed a small skirt and given it to wear - remember she has penchant for all these things - there is some saying in tamil... kaielai vechundu .... oru poora suthina [ having it in hand searched every where]
it is so nice of you to write this as some time in life we too would have this problem. in mumbai - my mom faced similar problem - we did not get termeric leaf for pongal pane - hence we used some krotons [ kal vayazi] leaves.those red/yellow colour flowers.
So when ever you have some sort of problem drop a letter in IL and we will silve your problem
So now goddess lakshmi has unconditionally accepted your western outfit.thanks dear for sharing this

 

Aruna dear - there are ways that god can get things - keep flowres instead of gold, instead of flower give water. i belong to a very orthodox brahmin family. both my grand father were having tuft [kudumi] and both worked for british people. my mothers fathers was a treasurer in salem and appas father was working in killick nicson in mumbai- hence nothing could be given or shared with our school friends. i know thatha when amma offered coffee to a mulsim friend of appa - he used to shout at her for touching it. they failed to realise realities. when puja finishes my appa used to say that some daan to be given and as a brahmin he has right to take the offering and in a giffy all of us used to gush it down. life is like that because even today nobody feels that we [ me- and my sisters] are brahmins but a mix of hybrid parents.and we have a haughty laugh to see so many hypocrites within the social frame

Today when i recollect it makes me laugh- did i travel these paths. hence in the end as you say satisfaction is most important. rituals are like yoga these when followed in the correct prospective it will give us immense satisfaction because most of the rituals end with dhan to be given to others- modern day we unconsciously invite friends - so the process of dhan is accomplished - do we do this ?? so at the end of the day it is i-me-myself - thanks dear i did not mean to be serious but reflected the thought - modern day offerings