Dewali & longing

Today is Dewali. Festival of light. We worship Ma Kali who have blessed me since my childhood. My minf goes back to when I muct have been 6 or 7 year old and used to live in Baruipur with my mother and grand mother. My father used to live in Kolkata but on this occasion would come to Baruipur. There will be Kali Puja in the house of one of my grand father's friend, we used to call him Halder dadu.

We will go in the evening and the Puja will be in the late evening. In the evening, there will be brusting of fire crackers. I would observe the Puja and come back late night.

That was the ritual for Kali Puja even after I was snatched to my uncles place in Kolkata.

In Kolkata, we used to live in Sadananda Road, near Kali temple in Kalighat. So, often I would go there for a darshan and I believe I survived many tarbulence due to Her abundant blessing.

Its a pity, there seems to no Kali Puja in Bangkok where wecould go to offer our prayer. Seems Kali Ma is worshipped in small groups in Bangkok. May be we will get to know more people next year and thus would get involved in Kali Puja .

I bought a jasmine tree and a yellow rose plant yesterday from the SCB park plaza.

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