Ayudha Poojai is a festival occasion that was so delightful once and full of joy, in
the presence of my late maternal uncle, and the celebration take place at my
uncle’s car workshop right in front of our courtyard. Begin in year 1990 at the
courtyard of our house, he headed the workshop till his last breath in Dec 2001,
where ended all our celebrations, though my younger maternal uncle led the
workshop which is in condition of almost closed, no one could replace his place
and an anticipation itself is wrong. Generous is one word I could describe
about him and his personality is something unique and could be among an million
but destiny gave him short life.
Ayudha Poojai is a festival celebrated at the workplaces and houses wherever people
deals with mechanical devices or machines and it is a festival related to
prosperity and worshipping of the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. Ayudha Poojai is
a festival time to remember quite my uncle, because it is him occupies our
thoughts during this occasion or hearing the word Ayudha Poojai is irresistible
recollecting the memories of his presence and dearness we hold. I thought of
writing something about the festival celebrated but everything I think about the
festival reads his face in flashes as memories.
The
spirit of Ayudha Poojai is long lost or missed but thinking of past make sense
and this time the festival came around the weekend, though every day is not
unusual to me, with the thought of people celebrating around I felt cherish. Today
my cousin conducts Ayudha Poojai at his bike service centre and yesterday my brother
celebrated at his gym/fitness centre attended by parents and few close
relatives/friends. I see there’s less in
celebration or spirit prevail among people or at work places it exists plainly
a formality or divine worship unlike those days which was a celebration of
whole and keeping festival at core the activities surrounds it bring cheers. I’m
glad for my conscious mind-set that gets caught fire through sparking thoughts.