1995-10-14 - Saturday - paduka pooja


Screenshot from the July paduka festival - from this video - https://saicast.org/1995/19950708PadukaDD.html

Announcement at 6 am, all are going for Morning Darshan in 15 minutes, Paduka pooja. 504 couples abhishekam etc. Boys irreverent. You also joking, as usual. Evening discourse, then music program by Tamilians. 3-4 songs, then You asked for Arati. Classical Mechanics (revision for tomorrow's exam in) dire straits.

Paduka pooja - Madurai Chettiar. Maybe the only progress I'm having is writing this daily (past three days). You were looking at us and smiling, seeing disinterest? A joke about "only one drop of ghee" as announced for paduka abhishekam (same as in Hostel). Evening discourse, 3 times, "Shouldn't make devotion a business as with vazhivaadu (ritual offerings). Stories of Hanuman, his devotion, humility. Sudden announcement of morning darshan ⇒ usual morning blues had no time! 

Now, half Q. P. left for tomorrow's C. M. exam.

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