To Nanda about Shivaratri beauty (was repeated pujas)

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Nanda wrote (in response to Henny):

Nope, we left the chandan and the flowers on . The next offerings

wenton top of these... so by the end of the night Shiva was gooey and

stickyand colorful and messy and heavily decorated. Almost like a kid

playingwith fingerpaint and gets most of the paint on his face and

body [)]A sight for sore eyes.

Dear Nanda ~ this sounds so wonderful ... I can almost see

it...beautiful, messy, fun, sacred, everything all together. Isn't

there a Hindu mantra about the Whole being the Whole and nothing but

the Whole? Is that the Asato sad gamaya mantra? Thank you for sharing

this wonderful picture with us ~ Linda