Happy Dasera to all :) on this auspicious occassion, I want to explore the idea for having each of these festivals. I mean why do we celebrate so many festivals? Surely it is not just to meet, greet and feast. There must be a more deeper reason for these to be done over the years. The more I think about it, there is one thought that keeps sounding louder than the rest. Gratitude! yes, that is one of the key drivers......I mean lets take Ayudh pooja. In South India atleast, people celebrate this day by decorating their vehicles, performing pooja to gadgets, equipments whether in homes, factories or shops. What exactly is their act saying? Thank you. Thank you for serving us so well for the past year, Thank you for helping us to earn our daily bread, Thank you for saving our lives, Thank you for making our life so comfortable, and you can go on adding to this list. Is that not what we actually mean when we do these rituals? Taking it one step further maybe we are offering gratitude in advance so that all the benefits from these gadgets, equipments, machines etc may continue in the future. Extending this to other festivals across religions, is that not what we do on each of these special days. Thank God or even if you do not believe in God thank whatever force you may want to for all the good in your life. Maybe, our ancestors knew of this secret and also knew that by habit man will get so busy with the smaller things in life that he may not have time and mind to be grateful, so atleast by nominating specific days for celebrations, festivals was a way to ensure people do not forget to be grateful and atleast some days in the year people are grateful and thereby improve their quality of life.
I'll end this blog by saying 'Thank you for reading this' :)
I'll end this blog by saying 'Thank you for reading this' :)
