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The
priests setup for the
next part of the house
blessing. The whole
blessing took many,
many hours.
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Toshal
and Jamie help
with the blessing. Jamie,
her husband, saw and
enjoyed much on his
first trip to India.
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Kushal and Vrunda offer
again during the blessing.
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One
of the priests shows
the two how they should
do things. Both practice
and actual blessings occurs
at the same time. There
is SO much to know ...
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The
blessings to the main
Hindu gods is paramount
to the day.
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Kushal
makes a "V" shape
with his hands in
observance...
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The
Indian events never
cease to amaze me how
so many beautiful flowers
are used for everything.
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The
line of priests sitting
along the wall, all
contributing their part.
Singing and speaking in
Sanskrit happens
throughout...
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The
son of the head priest.
He now does more of the
work than his father, as
he takes over leadership
and his father passes on
the responsibilities to him.
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Vrunda
continues on,
with the god Ginesh in the
background.
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Outside
the threshold of
the home, this man works
to create, with different
color chalks, another
blessing to come today.
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To
say that his work is
beautiful and professional
would be a drastic
understatement.
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Kushal
and Vrunda perform
more prayers at the door
threshold, in front of
the beautiful chalk drawing.
Also in front of the many,
many shoes left outside,
as is the custom in much of
Asia and my own house.
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However,
later on it got
all smudged and ruined,
with even little worms
wriggling their way
through the chalk.
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Vrunda
spent the day
selfishly working on and
performing the many tasks
for the blessing of her
husbands' parents. Kushal
scored well when he
won the heart of this one.
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A
little time to relax
outside, as December in
Ahmedabad can be quite
comfortable.
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Kushal
and Vrunda have
time for the ever present
photographer of these
events...
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