Yesterday we Tamilians celebrated the beginning of a new year. We got up a little early (considering that it was a Sunday). I made a sweet for the auspicious occasion. After a quick breakfast of fruits we headed to the temple. I was able to wear a salwar outside after a long time. The weather was becoming warm at last.
As soon as we turned into the driveway of the temple I was overwhelmed by the number of cars parked there. Luckily we found a parking spot. All the sannithis were closed after abhisekam when we entered the temple. We waited for about 15 - 20 minutes for the sannithis to get opened. In that short span of time the temple got so crowded with people that I thought soon we will have a queue like in Tirupathi.
The Lakshmi temple in Ashland is the only Hindu temple for the whole of New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts. So all Tamilians and Sri Lankan Tamils (since it happened to be their new year as well) had converged in this single temple. It's nice to catch a glimpse of so many of our country people in this distant land.
After our darshan we headed to a restaurant nearby for lunch. And what a sight met us... One man had come wearing veshti and shirt. I had seen a few people wearing veshti to the temple but this was the first time I saw someone in a hotel like that. By the time we finished our lunch the restaurant was also brimming with Indians. That reminded me that we have a large presence here.
Wish u all a very happy and prosperous new year :)
As soon as we turned into the driveway of the temple I was overwhelmed by the number of cars parked there. Luckily we found a parking spot. All the sannithis were closed after abhisekam when we entered the temple. We waited for about 15 - 20 minutes for the sannithis to get opened. In that short span of time the temple got so crowded with people that I thought soon we will have a queue like in Tirupathi.
The Lakshmi temple in Ashland is the only Hindu temple for the whole of New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts. So all Tamilians and Sri Lankan Tamils (since it happened to be their new year as well) had converged in this single temple. It's nice to catch a glimpse of so many of our country people in this distant land.
After our darshan we headed to a restaurant nearby for lunch. And what a sight met us... One man had come wearing veshti and shirt. I had seen a few people wearing veshti to the temple but this was the first time I saw someone in a hotel like that. By the time we finished our lunch the restaurant was also brimming with Indians. That reminded me that we have a large presence here.
Wish u all a very happy and prosperous new year :)
6 comments:
happy new year !!!
koyilaa soru potu erupangalee . anga sapadala... ;-)
read this http://www.indiaenews.com/politics/20080129/94559.htm
Wow.. I never read this news.. They have already renamed OMR for political reasons.. Changing the Tamil new year?? Wat's next? Declaring holiday for Sonia's or MK's bday??
oh to what they have renamed OMR?
Rajiv Gandhi Salai.. How lovely :)
fyi.. the link road connecting IT Corridor & ECR (from sholinganallur to ECR) has been named as Kalaignar Karunanithi Saalai.
Tat road has a name?? Never knew tat :) Thanks for the update Vijayan
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