Goddess'

The Pandaal

Goddess Durga(Centre) Lakshmi and Saraswati

It was nothing like the Ganesh Chaturthi festival of Maharastra I was in at this point in Poona last year but we all reluctantly went to see the Durga Pooja last night. To start with we were put off with the looooooooooooooog traffic jam that was around the place, add to that a huuuuuuuuuuuge line outside the "Pandaal"(place where the Pooja is held). Oh trust me it WAS huge about 200 people outside the Pandaal. Mom sneaked in making a beeline of her chamkila dress and asked me to join in. Thankfully noone in the back shouted. Sis joined in too. Dad felt uninterested and stayed out (he's always the wise man).
Inside? nothing to cheer about. Mom was horrified to see people taking walking up the Goddess durga in their foot wear (she even get horrified to see people taking their footwear inside a church haha). Ok no joking. The inside was beautiful but crowded, nothing more than a place to "enjoy" rather than a place to worship. A live band, popular hindi songs and a food court bigger than the Pandal itself. Well we got out cheap. A night out to see Durga Pooja 200 bucks,waiting to get your car packed 25 bucks. Trying to get Dad in all of this... Priceless. There are somethings money can't buy for everything else therez MasterCard.
Went to Def Col late in the night and proved to be the last cutomer of the resturant @ 12 haha. But not a bad evening after all. Only if we had got the timing right Yallah Yallah Yallah!

Mum n' Sis

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Jai Durga Ma!