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..