Aadi Pooram in Canada -773

     AADI  POORAM IN CANADA  _ 2025 

THE TEMPLE AND THE RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES ASOCIATED WITH IT NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME IN CANADA . ONE REASON COULD BE THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE INDIAN DIASPORA AND THEIR DESIRE TO STAY CONNECTED TO THEIR ROOTS . A CHUNK OF SRILANKAN TAMILS WHO HAVE MADE IT THEIR HOME HERE ALSO CONTRIBUTE IN A LARGE MEASURE TO THIS .

AADI POORAM CELEBRATIONS WERE ON A GRAND SCALE WITH THE AMMAN ALANGAARAM AND THE  NADASWARAM MUSIC TO GO WITH IT ADDING A DISTINCT FEEL AND AN AT HOME ATMOSPHERE  . ONE GOT A FEEL OF  MYLAPORE , MAMBALAM OR WHY EVEN RAVANASAMUDRAM  AT THE SIGHT OF THE LADIES IN MADISAAR AND OTHER ACCESSORIES TO GO WITH IT . THIS THOUGH  WAS AT SCARBOROUGH IN TORONTO .









NO LESS ENCHANTING WAS THE GARUDA PANCHAMI KOLAM AND DECORATIONS AT THE SHRI RAGHAVENDRA TEMPLE IN GEORGETOWN NEAR BRAMPTON.



One does hear unconfirmed reports of many of our Religious Places of Worship being used for other purposes back home in India .

The CANADA TIRUCHENDUR TEMPLE IN TORONTO OR THE RAGHVENDRA. TEMPLE AT GEORGETOWN BEAR A DISTINCT STYLE OF THEIR OWN . The PEW AND THE TELL TALE SIGNS OF AN ALTER WHICH WAS THERE TILL RECENTLY CAN'T BE MISSED EVEN BY A BLIND PERSON . THE MESSAGE IS LOUD AND CLEAR !!


Comments

  1. Anonymous30 July 2025 at 01:08

    Wow very nice Mamaji. Surprised to hear about the changeover. Take care. Beautiful kolam, and very beautiful temple.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Raleigh/ Eastern Star Bicycle - 680

Image
 Here i am , a Retired Person nearing the three quarters of the Century Mark  , musing about the many  childhood dreams . There are many things which have caught my fancy as a schoolgoing kid and later on in the teens. It is only fair to say that Some of those Important  Dreams , thanks to the lord above have been realized and and sadly there are parts of the same that  are never going to see the light of the day . The early part of my teens was at a place called Kharapur in W Bengal .Now, dont get me wrong , it was not at the IIT for which the place is  obviously more famous for the World over , but the Railway Colony of which my Father was very much a part. I did my schooling at the Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School there. My fathers previous posting among a lot many other places  was at a place called Chakradharpur in Bihar and my early  schooling was entirely  in the Hindi Medium. The school at Kharagpur though had a sizable Anglo Ind...
Read more

US VISIT 3 - SURPRISE PACKAGE - 777

Image
         SURPRISE PACKAGE      VISIT TO NEW VRINDABAN  Our plan was to head for our home in Ajax after Breakfast as it was almost an Eight hour drive back home with  a number of Pitstops in between .   Sathya and Vandana gave us ( Revathy and Myself ) a pleasant Surprise by informing us that we were heading for NEW VRINDABAN instead  in the neighboring State of WEST VIRGINIA  . New VRINDABAN is the US Headquarters of the Popular  HARE KRISHNA OR ISKON Community in the US and the final resting place of their founder or PRABHUPADA . The Krishna Temple ; Palace of Gold ; Rose Garden ; Goshala ; Peacock Mount is very Scenic ; People from all over the World Visit this place in large numbers and stay here for a few days for enchantment and to be with  MOTHER NATURE at its very Best .  The travel time involved was just 60 Minutes of Extra Time from our place of stay but the last 20 Minutes of travel involved coveri...
Read more

Eight Hours of Anxiety - 758

Image
      REGINA TO TORONTO VIA WINNIPEG !! Over the years , with my Daughter and Son stationed at Regina and Toronto in Canada , I have made a number of Trips by Air both ways from and to this place . The travel between these two places which is almost 2700 kms has a travel time of close to 3 Hours .  More often than not , the total  6  Hour  Time required from start to finish  is more of a joke and it usually takes almost double the time .Weather conditions , Snowing , Mechanical Repairs and surprisingly WANT OF PILOTS have all been the reasons for a delay during my previous visits . Our trip from Regina to Toronto was different this time . AIR CANADA FLIGHT AC 1114 SURPRISINGLY started on Schedule at 2.50 pm . Taxiing from the Bay to the start of the Runway was smooth . The scheduled arrival was at 7.50 PM Toronto Time which has a time difference of 2 Hours plus with the Regina time . As the Aircraft began to Revv up to full throttle and gather spe...
Read more