Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 BANGI: Gifts and flowers may have meant something for mothers yesterday but 40 of them experienced Mothers Day with a different kind of joy. Their children showed their love and respect by taking part in a pathapuja ceremony at the Sri Retnagar Temple here on Saturday. The Hindu ceremony is an occasion to honour four symbolic revered figures – mothers, the goddess Letchmi, the earth and the cow. In the ceremony, children wash their mothers' feet with water first, then milk, before applying sandalwood paste. They then place vermilion powder on the feet, prostrate and kiss their mothers' perfumed feet. Once this is over, each of them expresses their love and gratitude to their mothers and narrates the things they appreciate and like about them. Finally the children gave their mothers gifts and serve them meals on a banana leaf. By performing this ceremony, the children are supposed to reap a lot of grace from their mothers' blessings. The ceremony has been a tradition for worshippers at the temple for the past 10 years and the temple's priest Ramanuja Muniandy, 58, is hoping to carry on the meaningful tradition for a long time to come. “This ceremony gives an opportunity to the children to appreciate their mother in a religious manner rather than in a material context,” he said. For siblings R. Prema Suhanya, 29, and Prema Latta, 19, performing the ritual was very meaningful. They said their mother, G. Gansrani, 54, was there for them through thick and thin. “My mother was there for me through all my ups and downs,” said Prema Latta. “She is the only person who truly understands me,” she said. Picture is in : http://www.shaktisadhana.org/mother.jpg "N. Madasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy wrote:We have an intense discussion sometime back[ In April 2003] with regards to his. Recenly the same pooja was held in Ipoh, Perak, Sri Mariamman Temple. http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/Photo%20Gallery/Durgapooja.html http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/Resource/Messageboard/Ragukalamdurgapo oja.html Special thanks to Vijayendran Govindasamy Naidu of Ipoh, Perak Malaysia for willing to share those pictures with us. / ".. you may shoot me with your words... you may cut me with your eyes ... you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still like air, I will rise ..." Maya Angelou " Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave foot prints on our heart and we are never ever the same again " Shakti Sadhana Homepage at http://www.shaktisadhana.org Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Apolgise, but the link I gave earlier did not work. So this is the amended one : http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/mother.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 In Chinmaya vidyalayas I think this is mandatory. To have matru pooja. I do not know the date. But I know it is not on the western "mother's day". "N.Madasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy wrote: In a modern tradition Gifts and flowers may have meant something for mothers but during the recent Mother’s day celebration, about 40 of them them experienced Mothers Day with a different kind of joy. Their children showed their love and respect by taking part in a pathapuja ceremony at the Sri Retnagar Temple. Click to see the full story http://thestar.com.my/news/archives/story.asp?ppath=\2004\5\10&file=/2004/5/10/n\ ation/7947955&sec=nation ".. you may shoot me with your words... you may cut me with your eyes ... you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still like air, I will rise ..." Maya Angelou " Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave foot prints on our heart and we are never ever the same again " Shakti Sadhana Homepage at http://www.shaktisadhana.org Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Namaste Everybody, Can anybody share the matru pooja viddhi together with their sanskrit mantras if any ? Jai Maa!! sankara menon <kochu1tz wrote: In Chinmaya vidyalayas I think this is mandatory. To have matru pooja. I do not know the date. But I know it is not on the western "mother's day". "N.Madasamy" wrote: In a modern tradition Gifts and flowers may have meant something for mothers but during the recent Mother’s day celebration, about 40 of them them experienced Mothers Day with a different kind of joy. Their children showed their love and respect by taking part in a pathapuja ceremony at the Sri Retnagar Temple. Click to see the full story http://thestar.com.my/news/archives/story.asp?ppath=\2004\5\10&file=/2004/5/10/n\ ation/7947955&sec=nation ".. you may shoot me with your words... you may cut me with your eyes ... you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still like air, I will rise ..." Maya Angelou " Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave foot prints on our heart and we are never ever the same again " Shakti Sadhana Homepage at http://www.shaktisadhana.org Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' SBC - Internet access at a great low price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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