We were lil Kanjak's for Dadi's ashtami pooja. Ashtami pooja is celebrated on the 8th day of the Navratri for which Dadi fasted. It is a festival where little girls are considered a form of the Divine and are pampered. Our pampering started when mama dressed us up. Bui had sent us this frilly dress that we wore and we were accessorised for the occasion. We had on out payal, bangles ( although they were a tad bit big) and of course a matching headband! Here are some of our pictures.
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| Don't I look like a Tango dancer! |
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| All Prettied up! |
In the evening Mom and Dadi had called all our friends over for the pooja, and boy, did we have some fun. So many of our friends came with their moms. There was Kimaya, Leah, Mahin, Khushi, Gurbani and Siyona. Mahin was the one prince charming with all the other girls. Dadi was telling us that although Kanjak Pooja is for girls, there is always one boy.
Dad started off by cleaning everyones feet with water and dadi tied moli on everyones hands. Finally mom gave us the poori, halva and channa and our goodies bag! Mom was saying that when she was young and invited to these Kanjak Poojas she used to be so excited to open her goodies bag and see what she had. Also the combination of Poori, Halva and Chane is quite good. We also got some awesome goody bags from other aunties. With all the gifts we got we can understand why mom liked it so much. Here are some pictures.
Dad started off by cleaning everyones feet with water and dadi tied moli on everyones hands. Finally mom gave us the poori, halva and channa and our goodies bag! Mom was saying that when she was young and invited to these Kanjak Poojas she used to be so excited to open her goodies bag and see what she had. Also the combination of Poori, Halva and Chane is quite good. We also got some awesome goody bags from other aunties. With all the gifts we got we can understand why mom liked it so much. Here are some pictures.
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| Waiting for the festivities to start. |
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| Dad is cleaning our feet!!! |
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| Dadi putting tikka and moli for Zoya |
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| Dadi putting tikka and moli for Zara |
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| Its Siyonas turn! Look at the ghungroo moli that dadi has! |
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| Its Khushi's turn |
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| Mama handing out the food! |
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| We were all hungry! |
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| Our friend Siyona with her mom Nidhi Auntie |
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| Our friend Leah with Sujatha Auntie |
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| Our fashionista friend Gurbani and Nimarta Auntie |
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| Our friend Kimaya and Divya Auntie and Jatin Uncle with a special appearance from Elmo! |
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| Our friend Khushi with Smiran Auntie |
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| Our friend Mahin loving all the attention from the girls - not paying much attention to his mom- Grishma Auntie |
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