with Sri Ganesh

- 08-09-13:

... After the early Sunday puja, Parthy went collecting green and brown coconuts and special grass on his land; Dinesh and I reach here mid-afternoon to begin preparations; Bitti and her son Kumar, Aruljyoti and his mother and the new Farm manager and his wife and daughter come in at 5pm and Bitti and I, with Parthy’s help, do Sri Ganesh’s ritual bath, while Aruljyoti chants...

- 09-09-13:

... The whole morning preparing Sri Ganesh; it is for me that specific experience I always have on such days – of being consumed, of channeling... ... In the afternoon Nanditadi and her group do the singing; it threatens to rain, but only a few drops reach us and we end at 7 pm... ... For Nanditadi’s taxi I spent Rs. 600/- ...

- 10-09-13:

... There was a good rain in the night... ... I paid the balance amount to the flowers lady of Rs. 4,500/- ... ... I counted all the donations: altogether Rs. 6,115/-, which comes to only about half of what we actually spent for the occasion...

Sweet Ganesha I know that what is before me, within Your shrine, Is filled with charged meaning, I know it with Every part and with My cells – Everything is there = the elements And the Shakti’s Treasures –

But who can see and feel Beyond the charm And the beauty...?

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