Kalpathy Theru never fails to excite me...And this year was no exception.!!
I was feeling very happy eating cotton candies, ice creams and bajji-bondas...
Purchasing ear-rings and bangles...
Visiting temples...
Meeting up with friends...
And most important of all...
Taking and posing for photos!!
Even lack of sleep did not dare to bother me...
The past 8 days (From 8th to 15th November, 2011) kept me very happy.
The excitement factor hung around me.
I felt too proud to be a civilian of Kalpathy.
http://www.imagephotoclub.com/index.php?view=detail&id=607&option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=54
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2627065.ece
The blogger in me started to make a dedicated page on Kalpathy Theru - 2011
(Its saved and updated as draft. Should be ready by tomorrow)
Everything seemed picture perfect until yesterday night.
A young boy - only 20 years old - slipped under the gigantic wheels of Lord Ganesha's theru of Kalpathy
Shivan Kovil. The Theru went over his chest and I don't think I have to say what happened!!
Incidentally, I happen to know this boy. he used to come to my mother for tuition.
"A brilliant boy", amma says.
God is said to be the ultimate guard.
And he could not take care of this young boy??
Death is not a matter at all.
That which is born must die.
Yet...
Amidst of such an auspicious event...
And by the chariot carrying God??!!!
Is this what Kalyug all about??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga
Or is our present generation fools??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omen
The local folks were not able place Lord Ganesha into the chariot. They tried really hard and for a really long time. Yet, God was very reluctant to get in. After putting himalayan effprt, they succeeded in keeping Him into the chariot.
Then, the the rope using which the majestic Theru of Lord Shiva will be pulled managed to break in between. It took almost an hour to resume the car festival.
Yes...
God indeed give signals.
But we oh-so-believers-of-science ignored all of them.
We gave logical explanations.
And may be, this is kalyug!!
Everything said...
Its the boy's family who is going to suffer the loss.
After yesterday's mishap, parents will be praying forever that their child should be safe during the rath-yatra or any such public events for that matter.
Its kalyug...
Anything can happen to anyone.
Or rather this is the only way by which we can console ourselves...
Being believer of God...
We further console ourselves saying that everything happens for a reason...
And that... God always does the right thing!!
Or rather we tend to tend to believe on God on bad times...
Its easy to fool heart than to feel the pain!!!
that was a incident .......I feel happy for the guy ,he dosent need to pass his exams or go to work or search for a job........taught abt his parents changes my openion/////
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ReplyDeleteThats a very positive way of seeing things Suraj!!!