Ayutha pooja celebrated Today

Today we celebrate the Saraswathi Pooja and Ayuthapooja. Vijayadasami is the day on which the Goddess killed the demon mahishasura. Saraswathi is the Godess of Wisdom. So in this day school and college students will pray saraswathi with their study books. New courses are started on this day.

In companies, factories and workshop this day is celebrated as Ayutha pooja. Ayutha means weapon. So the working people want the grace of Godess and put their tools before the godess and pray for good fortunes. Today we celebrated this pooja in my brother's workshop. In my browsing center i have not yet celebrated ayuthapooja. I have planned to do it in the evening.


Happiest are those olden days when i was young boy. There will be expectations about the pooja holidays and forthcoming deepawali celebrations. After Saraswathi Pooja Diwali will soon come in about two weeks. So there is much joy among boys about the holidays. On the day of pooja morning we will collect flowers from nearby flower trees and will make Poo Maalai. Mango leaves will be put together and tied in front of doors. Preparation of Sundal is essential part of Pooja. Pori Kadalai is another essential ingredient of the Pooja items. We will wash two wheelers, fathers moped our cycles and decorate it with flowers and kumkum. The joy of Pooja will last for two days. After holidays we have to go to school. It is not a happy thing. But we know that diwali will come soon. With that thought in mind we can easily manage the next two weeks.

I am now a grown up man with wife and a child. I am no longer bothered by these celebrations. Pooja is just another day in my life. Diwali too does not interest me anymore. Apart from leave from work and oil bathing nothing is interesting about it.

This is because in the old days good meals, new clothing and sweets are rare. But nowadays these are common things. Purchasing of people has increased. People can get anything anytime now.

What is your opinion? Please comment

Ayodhya Case - High Court Verdict Today

The Allahabad High court's Lucknow bench will give its verdict today on the Issue of Ram Janma Bhoomi & Babri Masjid. The Hindus claim the place was the birth place of Shri Ram, Incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu. The place holds the cemetery of Muslim Emperor Babar. The case is in the court for about 60 years now. The verdict on this historic case is being given by the Honorable Allahabad Highcourt's Lucknow bench. In about few moments the verdict will be out to the general public in India.

Riots and religious disharmony is expected in many parts in India. As a precautionary measure the Indian Government and State Goverments have made elaborate security measures. Security forces have been deployed in sensitive areas. Security has been tightened in Railway Stations, Airports and Important religious places.

Religious groups have asked people to be calm.

After all we are human beings. Ram or Allah shows one path. Path of peace and love. Nobody should upset because of the verdict. One can get God's grace only by loving fellow human being. I will update once the verdict is out!

Google Announced Project 10 to the 100 Winners

Today Google announced winner of "Project 10 to the 100'. About 1 year ago Google announced that it will select five best ideas / projects from individuals / organisations and Google will offer 1 million US dollars to implement the selected idea. In other words Google will sponsor.

Over the last 12 months Google received 150000 ideas from 170 countires. Google officials narroved the applications to 16 and put them to public vote.

Finally 5 ideas were selected and emerged as winners.

Here is the list of winners.

Idea: Make educational content available online for free
Winner http://khanacademy.org/

Idea: Enhance science and engineering education

Winner: http://www.usfirst.org/ 

Idea: Make government more transparent

Winner: http://public.resource.org/ 

Idea: Drive innovation in public transport

Winner: http://shweeb.com/ 

Idea: Provide quality education to African students

 Winner: http://www.project10tothe100.com/aims/index.html

We have moved to new home

On last sunday, 12th September, 2010 we moved to our new house. The house was built in just one month duration. We brought our son nishant to this new house. We were living in a joint family with mother and brother. Now we are nuclear family and have full responsibility for my family. We are settling things in our new house. Still many works are pending. I have to setup my computer in my room. The house has only three rooms one kitchen one bedroom and one hall. Enough for a small family of three. We invited only close relatives to the graha pravesha ceremony. Homa was performed by two pandits in the morning. Breakfast was issued to the guests.

Donate Blood - For a noble cause

Day before i yesterday i made a blood donation at KG hospital, Coimbatore. It was for my uncles daughter. She underwent uterus removal operation at a hospital in kalapatti. She needed two units of A1 positive blood. Me and my brother babu went to KG hospital with sivakumar and rayappan. We filled a form and the staff asked us to lie on bed and inserted needle to pull blood. I was making a good outflow babu made it too with little struggle. Though rayppan's group was different he volunteered to donate his blood. Nursing staff could not find suitable vein in his arms. So he could not donate.

So far i have donated three times. One time for my aunt, second time as a volunteer, third time at KG