Vakrathunda Mahaakaaya.....

Vakrathunda Mahakaaya Sooryakoti Samaprabha
Avighnam Kuru Me' Deva, Sarva Kaaryesu Sarvadhaa.

My first blog....an invocation to Lord Vinayaka...the destroyer of obstacles, the God to pray to before beginning anything....and before I start sounding more religious than I really am....5 random streams of thought that come into my mind when I think of Him....

A symbol of hope? Elephant faced, pot bellied, broken tusk.....Who would give you a second look(other than a "Look at this freak!" stare) if you were like that?....But He has it all-the adulation,the adoration, the love and faith of millions....Is He trying to tell us..."We all have our faults, we are all different from one other..but We are what we think we can be......."

Did he drink or did he not? Call it blind faith, mass hysteria, scientific phenomenon but it still remains an inexplicable enigma as to whether He did or did not drink milk....

One God,Infinite forms From the abstract to the profound, this God's idol has been created in the most myriad of forms.....with people getting more creative by the day, He has been made to appear from a hibiscus flower, leaves of a plant and just a naturally formed rock....

Hariharan!! I said random streams of thought...Didn't I? Well the debut of the Colonial Cousins....the deep baritone of Hari singing the same prayer, fusing it with different forms and styles of music.....I can still imagine each word resounding clearly in my ear......

Communalism... It is indeed a pity that this supreme God has been forced to bear witness to the ugly face of Indian Communalism....The Immersion processions, where they go through, strategic routing to taunt and to incite... these so called protecters of Hinduism belittle their faith....vilify His name......