Happy Onam everyone!
Hope you all had a more festive Onam than we did – thanks to my laziness. We did make the Pookalam, and the payasam is in progress – I decided to go for the easier, quicker Semiya Payasam. Daughter loves it and had specially requested for it, and I can’t deny her everything festive about Onam, can I?
Not that she minds – after all she got to do what she most wanted – to make the pookalam. We made the Pookalam on the first two days of Onam – we were in India then, and I had promised her that we would do it here, if we have enough flowers. One look at my garden told us that we were hoping for too much. So we saved all the flowers for Thiruvonam, and this is what we made. Just a make-shift, simple pookalam, but enough to satisfy daughter.
Deeps’ post on Onam, recounting Namnam’s interest in the background to Onam, reminds me of some Maveli related stories that I keep forgetting to jot down. Daughter got interested in Onam last year. We were in Kerala, and she was fascinated by everything. Most of all by Maveli. All she wanted was for Maveli to come home and meet her. Finally her wish came true(well, partially), when she met Maveli at a shop, when we were out shopping. I actually thought she would be terrified, but she was just delighted.
This year, she has been analyzing the story, and is not too pleased with it. Surely, it was sneaky of Lord Vishnu to do something like this to Mahabali. After all he was a wonderful king. Why did Lord Vishnu do it? If Asuras were bad people, how come Mahabali was good? And other important issues like how did Mahabali get pushed into Patala? Was there a hole in the earth ? And more importantly, how does he come out every year? Does the earth open up?
Can someone please help me with these questions?
So wishing you all a very Happy Onam, and hoping that Maveli visits you, in one form or the other 🙂
🙂 she needs answrs and I am not sure if Google will be of help on this one …
Happy onam to you and everyone around you…
Yes, Google is not too much help for these questions 🙂
Oh my wow! What qs 🙂
Luv that pic Smithu! U know, I ws thinking of asking u to show me a pic of Uncle and aunty sometime 😉 Glad I could see something here 🙂
Mailed you on FB 🙂
Happy Onam to as well… And thats a pretty pookalam 🙂
Thank you! And welcome here.
Love the pookalam!! Err…she has valid questions…my son has them too…and I have no answers. Yes the gods behaved quite sneakily and badly at times! One of my son’s fav questions is why the rishis were so short-tempered. They were rishis weren’t they, supposed to have controlled their emotions, how come they cursed people at the drop of a hat?!!
Happy Onam, Smitha! Lovely Pookalam! 🙂
Love the pookalam ! its beautiful! 🙂
She has valid questions na? I’m thinking about it too now! 😀
Happy Onam.. Thats a beautiful Pookalam.
WOW!! lady you make semiya payasam *Drooling* RD doesnt like it too much so I dont make it…I love it too
and the pookolam is super awesome..
It is an easy payasam na 🙂 And thankfully all of us like it. Awesome pookalam? The flowers are all in various stages of fading out 🙂
Awww, she was thrilled to see Maveli!! Here as well Namnam waited for him to come home and have lunch with her but had to make do with my reasoning that he was invisible like God and resided in her heart. Maybe next year he would be more generous enough to make his presence felt :). As for those analyzing, she is a darling! Let me know your answers so I can be ready when similar qs are posed to me next year 😀
Deeps, I used to tell her that too- about Gods being invisible – but last year she saw a Maveli 😦 As for those other questions, I am yet to come up with a reasonable answer 😦
I told Peanut that Maveli is Indian Santa Claus. Both peturams. 😆
Gorgeous pookalam. Happy Onam, Smi!
A very Happy Onam to you !!!! What a pretty flower arrangement!
Hi, Lovely pookolam. And Belated Happy Onam to you…
awwwwwwww love the questions! And Happy Onam to you too!
Happy Onam to you as well!!!!
Happy Belated Onam .. 😀 😀
an inquisitive soul in making,already 🙂
and the pookalam is lovely,didn’t I tell you before on FB? 🙂
I completely agree. It was terrible of Vishnu to sneak up as Vaman. The Gods were jealous of Mahabali and the prosperity in his land 😦
kids and their questions!! 🙂
I know *rolls eyes*