Grahapravesham

One of our biggest dreams has become a reality. We moved in to our home. Our own home in Bangalore.

20^th May 2015

The day when we got our house registration done. Legally, we became the owner of a house in Bangalore. But this fact didn’t settle down on my senses yet.

25^st – 27^th May 2015

I simply loved this time. Choosing the paint color of the walls, drafting the furniture looks, zeroing in on TV/geyser/etc brands, checking on the progress, pooja preparations, shopping, and a lot of roaming around with my husband.

28^th May, 2015

We shifted our stuff to the new house (thanks to the professionals of a packers and movers) and tried to transform the house into a home.

29^th May, 2015

The day we finally started living in the house. Started off with a Ganapati homam, followed by a milk-boiling ceremony. Lunch for near and dear ones. Bhagavat-seva pooja in the evening. And, then a much-needed sleep after a long day. Our home turned out to be spacious, nicely ventilated, bright, cozy and friendly place that welcomed us whole-heartedly.

The Malayalam phrase, “uppu thottu karpooram vare” (from salt to camphor), signifies all the important-unimportant, big-small, useful things that you might need for a living. Our journey of moving in went as apt as this phrase for us. Mom had said that the first things to be taken to our own house should be salt, rice, and tulsi leaves. And, we had done so even before the actual shifting. On the day of Grahapravesham, during the Ganapati homam, we found out that we had purchased all the listed pooja items except for karpooram (camphor). Somehow we missed it. Just imagine, a pooja without karpooram. The priest managed with some incense sticks. But since we had another pooja in the evening, we bought two loads of camphor – both for the pooja and to stock at home. So, I guess that was when we finally bought “everything” for our new home. 

Cheers! Here’s hoping a happy home for us!