Ayutha pooja is a celebration when there is a monsoon cleaning of the work station. ( at least once a year)
It is also the time of the year, when we see there is a massacre of the lovingly cared for ash pumpkins that are destroyed on the road side, hurled like bombs and the cause of many a road side accident.
The farmer who has brought the ash pumpkins to the market, may make a lot of money , but they sure weep when they see their works of labor brought to destruction,with out relishing them.
Ash pumpkins are a source of lots of minerals, they belong to the creeper variety of vegetables that are a great help to the body to maintain health.
The chefs make a variety of dishes with it, and the healers know many medicinal values to it.
A real pity that such practices are allowed to continue, when awareness is growing for the general betterment of road traffic, and prevention of accidents.
The guest for the inauguration of my work station for my services to make a living, came with a sling,he has slipped over a pumpkin hurled on the road ,while driving a two wheeler.
Imagine a person heaving a pumpkin over his head and hurling it on the road to smash it, and walking away as if he has won the world.
I am sure we can find alternatives for this .
2 comments:
I think I'll eat the pumpkin to do the Ayuda puja next year.:)
So much more respectful to the gods. I always thought it was wasteful running over lemons and throwing pumpkins (which the poor urchins pick up to take home after this extravagant display) which could very well have been given away.
yeeh yeehh, venkhat is jumping with joy, one pumpkin saved and many spippery sliders saved too.
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