Gowri Chitti Engagement

  Gowri Chitti engagement was on December 15th,2010. Another special thing about that day is, it happens to be a anniversary day for my parents. All of us - me, amma, appa, chittappa, thatha and paati started from chennai on December 14th night and reached bangalore on 15th morning. Saroja paati got home made gulab jamoon for my parents as a gift for their anniversary.
We all reached home and got ready and reached mandapam @ around 9:00 AM in the morning and then later we had our breakfast over there. But Appa and mama were missing in the mandapam. Amma was anxiously waiting for appa and mama. When phoned they told us that mama's bike got punctured hence the delay in reaching the mandapam. But to the surprise was that appa had planned a anniversary gift for amma. So he and mama purchased the gift and then reached the mandapam @ around 10:30 only. Guess the surprise gift for amma - It was a SAMSUNG Mobile Phone......... yeah yeah....coooooool. She was very happy for such a wonderful and surprise gift.
Later appa and mama had a breakfast. Meanwhile engagement function started too. I was playing and moving around with Anu akka.


                               


                               


                               
Engagement got over by 12:30. Everybody was busy in chit chatting. @ 1:30 we all finished our Lunch and returned back home @ around 3:00 PM. Later slept for while. Then in the later part of the day, after the dinner we started back to Chennai same day in 10:15 PM train.

Thiruthani Visit for Mottai and ear piercing - Eleventh Month

As a tradition, Mottai and ear piercing for me was planned in Eleventh Month. Now I am in eleventh month. So thatha, paati and my parents planned for this big event on December 12th, 2010 in Thiruthani - Family god.


So we started from Chennai @ around 7:00 AM in the morning from Chitlapakam (Tambaram) to Thiruthani. On the way picked up Ananya akka, Priya perima, Balachandar periappa and his mother from Adambakkam. At around 8:30 we stopped @ a place to finish our breakfast. Breakfast was yummy - Pongal, idli and Pumpkin alwa. After having breakfast we started again around 9:15 AM.

Me with Priya perima on the way to Thiruthani.

Me with Anu akka on the way to Thiruthani.

Around 11:45 we reached Thiruthani. Guess it was a ausipicous day, it was damn crowded, traffic was damn jammed and we entered into a temple @ around 12:15.

Me along with ma and pa, before going for Mottai inside the temple.

First thing was mottai, mama and appa dressed themselves in the respective attire and took me to the place specific for mottai. I sat on mama's lap, initially I was silent but then later I started crying when that person started doing something on my head. Atlast it was done.. ( No hair's on my head).
Mama and appa took me to another place for giving me bath., later after having a bath, amma dressed with a new dress gifted by Saroja Paati.

Me with a biscuit in hand along with ma and pa after mottai.

Next thing is ear piercing. So we all were waiting for achari. He came around 1:15 only. Then amma made me to sit mama's lap. Initially I was happy and was playing with mama. Suddenly achari took a needle came towards me and pierced my two ears and inserted a new earning in the pierced hole. I started crying, everybody around started consoling me. So ear piercing is also done.

Later we all thought after offering prayers to god then we can have lunch. So we moved, It was big queue and we stood there for more than a hour. After offering prayers, we moved out and finished our lunch and then started back to chennai @ around 4:00. We reached chennai @ around 7:00. Nice and bit tiring journey..