Saraswathi namas thubiyam,
varathe kama roopini.
vidyarambam krishyam.
sidhir bavathume sadha.
Today is Saraswathi pooja.
Saraswathi is Goddess of knoweldge.
Hindus offer prayers to Saraswathi.
Factories ,and the work force celebrate this event with ardent fervour.
The machines are cleaned, greased and the building is spruced up .
Workers gather in the morning.
Poojas are conducted .
Prasadams are distributed.
A perfect understanding develops between the employer and employee.
The workers disperse with less strain and more gaiety,mostly unusual during week days.
A similar trend goes on in Offices, Banks, more so in all institutions ,whatsoever.
In the Temples music recitals are held.
The people enjoy grace and divinity in the same platform.
Abishekams, and exclusive chanting of slokas are held to honour Saraswathi.
Domestic reverberations include singing songs in praise of the Goddess.
All gadgets,cars, two wheelers, refrigerators, stove, mixie, grinder, Television. Computers, washing machine,telephones, what not and what else, are wiped with such vigour, so that they look anew.
They are smeared with sandal paste and kumkum, and flowers are decked on them.
The pooja is performed by the family head.
Coconuts, banana, betel leaves, rice pori and other savouries like sundal , vadai are offered to Goddess.
Lamps are lit.Aarathi is taken,
The family ,then partakes the food prepared with care and love.
Neighbours exchange their snacks and pass on pleasantries to each other.
Hindus appease the Goddess in a grand style.
Saraswathi reciprocates by blessing her devotees with wisdom.
It is mirth and beatitude in one stroke
It may sound epicurean to the aliens.
It may represent an expression, intangible to many.
It may reflect an image ,elusive to most.
It may appear like a depiction, alienated from reality.
To the Hindus,
It is a the wholesome faith, that is transpired
It is the piety that is transcribed.
It is the devotion that is elaborated,
It is the trance that is experienced.
It is transcendental,celestial and divine.
it is an experience, which cannot be defined.
Trance may sound abstract.
In real terms.
It is an exuberant exhilaration
Sree Saraswthu namosthuthe,sings Dhikshitar, one of the trinities of Carnatic music,extolling the Goddess of Wisdom.
Let us join him.
My obeisance to you, Mother of learning.
Bless me with wisdom ,wit, and wonder.
Meenas Poems 