It was a big day for schoolboy Mukesh. He may not realise this, but his parents - Kalpana and Muthuraman - do. And these past few weeks, they were under stress, running around inviting relations and friends, and organising themselves for a big event in their life - their only son Mukesh's
poonal. It was held at Ayappan Puja Sangam's community hall in Coimbatore.
Presence of super seniors on the occasion made it special. Notably, several invitees at the Mukesh
poonal were senior citizzens. Relatively younger relations such as Mukesh's
mamas and
athhais from out of town - Chennai and Pollachi - had arrived a day or two earlier to help Kalpana and her husband with the chores. Their residence at Ganapathy, Coimbatore, buzzed with relations and became a lively venue for a grand family re-union.
A represnetaive group of invitees (seen in the picture) included Mukesh's great-grand parents - Annakutty (from Mumbai), Mangammal (Mysore), Padbhanaman (Pollachi), grand-mother Saraswati,
mama Raja (Chennai),
athhai Jayashree and her husband Babu (Pollachi).
Jayashree, Babu and Raja(seen in action) were members of what one could call the
Poonal Working Committee. The thread-ceremony is a social occasion that entails participation of every invited person in rituals. Seen below are pictures of their offering
bhiksha (a fistful of rice) to Mukesh.
Kalpana was a more visible master (or is it mistress) of ceremonies, though the role was shared by husband Muthuraman.
Mother and son appear to be having an intimate talk on how Mukesh should do
abhivadhaye (pay ceremonial respects) to elders in the family.
Father Muthuraman plays role model for young Mukesh, being initiated into a new phase of life.
It was a big day for schoolboy Mukesh. He may not realise this, but his parents - Kalpana and Muthuraman - do. And these past few weeks, they were under stress, running around inviting relations and friends, and organising themselves for a big event in their life - their only son Mukesh's poonal. It was held at Ayappan Puja Sangam's community hall in Coimbatore.
Presence of super seniors on the occasion made it special. Notably, several invitees at the Mukesh poonal were senior citizzens. Relatively younger relations such as Mukesh's mamas and athhais from out of town - Chennai and Pollachi - had arrived a day or two earlier to help Kalpana and her husband with the chores. Their residence at Ganapathy, Coimbatore, buzzed with relations and became a lively venue for a grand family re-union.
A represnetaive group of invitees (seen in the picture) included Mukesh's great-grand parents - Annakutty (from Mumbai), Mangammal (Mysore), Padbhanaman (Pollachi), grand-mother Saraswati, mama Raja (Chennai), athhai Jayashree and her husband Babu (Pollachi).
Jayashree, Babu and Raja(seen in action) were members of what one could call the Poonal Working Committee. The thread-ceremony is a social occasion that entails participation of every invited person in rituals. Seen below are pictures of their offering bhiksha (a fistful of rice) to Mukesh.
Kalpana was a more visible master (or is it mistress) of ceremonies, though the role was shared by husband Muthuraman.
Mother and son appear to be having an intimate talk on how Mukesh should do abhivadhaye (pay ceremonial respects) to elders in the family.
Father Muthuraman plays role model for young Mukesh, being initiated into a new phase of life.
1 comment:
Mama, thanks for the photos. nice to see all relatives together.
Did you by any chance show people at Pollachi and all, this blog site. Would be great if some of them, if not all, start contributing to this blog. As we are getting busier by the day, guess this is the only possible way left for all to communicate.
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