July/August-- day by day --Rehana
Happy Janmashtami greeting
to all on the netThis is not a post on
Significance of the festival, this is the explanation of our devotion in spite
of Arya Samaaji’s by default (my great grandfather adopted AryaSamaj and was
elected as president in a conference held at our Village Kharkari
Makhwan in the year1907). Later after the death of my grandfather’s younger
brother, he left home and became a Bhajani and joined Bhajan Mandali I was born in Pune
my father was in Air Force. Basically I was born in a sahukar family of Haryana
and bred in a conservative, joint family(we
used to visit our home village regularly . I
have enjoyed living together with my siblings and cousins under one roof
learning good values of sharing, devotion to God and I grew up right under the
gaze of local deity at Tosham
.but most of the time I used to
live with my father at different city’s IAF complexes with my Krishna devotee father, that’s why I grew
up being a staunch devotee of this Lord Krishna who steals the heart of
his bhaktas. The lovely face of Krishna with doe eyes, His
Pitambara , the peacock feather which added the extra grace, the magical flute
which cast a spell on his Gopikas in Dwarka captivated my fancy too. This is
one God whom I feel I can stay connected to. Though it was only Bhaya-bhakthi
in the childhood towards God. I have started realizing he is right within me
like a constant companion. 
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| Lord Krishna |
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| ( Kheer, Churma ) |
offering Prasad ( goodies) many of which I have mentioned above and would end with an Aarti.
I only enjoy all the Prasad after 12:00 at night. The hole day used to be the fast day the feast
comes later after the midnight.
We
should not be afraid of God. Our conscience must be clear and we must be able
to share love or whatever we have to realize the strength of God within us. I
don’t expect that God will appear in front of me if I do a tapasya, from where
will he appear when He is within me? If we cannot love others whole-heartedly
that means I am not loving myself.
I
enjoy, preparing Haryanvi relics ( Kheer, Churma ) and
decorating our parlour with Photos, paintings of Lord Krishna, one
being the most precious, a gift from my father which I attach a lot of
sentiments.
As I described in the paragraph above my father himself was a great
devotee of Krishna and he uused to sit in
front of a photo of Krishna for his praaters ( Murali Krishna) in our house, a
tradition which is still continuing.
Janmashtam is always a grand festival in
my paternal house as the house becomes a beehive of activity on that day.
Prasad like halwa,
til laddu, sugarcane mixed with soaked bengalgram, kheer, dryfruits and fresh
fruits and God’s favourite , sweetened butter are offered to the Lord .The preparation
of all the prasada items and food for all the family members was solely
prepared by my mom with we children chipping in with a minuscule of what she
did. Hats off to her. I think she drew all the energy from the devotion she had
for the Lord. I do not stand anywhere near her in terms of the kind of work she
did.
Festivals
are time for indulging in sweets and lip smacking goodies. So when I say Lord
resides in
me we should really eat and enjoy so that it reaches the God. This is my
philosophy.
xoxo
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