Happy Dussehra/Vijaya Dasami

A very Happy Vijaya Dasami to all my loved ones...its been years since v r celebrating the festival outside of India...but where ever we celebrated we made sure we had some frens visiting us that day or some sort of get together...this year we attended annaprasana function of our frens daugther and also one of my college frens visited us with her mom....I defenetely miss the festive mood that prevails in the villages though...what I miss.....

• Waking up when the sun rays fall on me while sleeping outside :):):)
• Making the THORANAM with mango leaves ( kind of garland ....that we hang at each door )..
• Waiting for the pooja to be done ..most of the times there used to be no breakfast..
• Feasting on the day's specialities..THIS I SHOULD SAY I WON"T MISS..Bcos the QUEEN is an excellent cook and she does make all of those varieities..strike this off
• Weaarning new clothese ( 'coruse we do wear new clothese even now ) and going to attend a special ceremony at a special tree called SHAMI VRUKSHAM or JAMMI CHETTU ( in Telugu ). Thats the place we meet all the people in the village...

Am sure the Prince would've fun doing all that....siiigghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

PS : This year though Dussehra is celebrated on the same day ( 17th )...the day on which our elders had decided years ago that Myself and the Queen should get married....so another of those years pass by.................