Happy Vinayaka Chathurthi

I really enjoy Vinayaka Chathurthi esp for the yummy kuzhakattais and the "clay" pillaiyar. Even now, my mouth salivates when I think about Amma's kuzhakattais. Appa always insist on buying the "clay" pillaiyar only in the morning. He is so meticulous that he chooses the biggest basket in the home and keeps a wooden plank at the base. This is to ensure that the fresh clay does not touch the sides of the basket and change its mould. The choice of umbrella and preparation of garlands from the flowers in our garden, add more pep to the function.

We did not celebrate the function this year. But last year's function is the one, I enjoyed the most. When we we were planning on how to celebrate the function without the clay pillaiyar, Srini gave the idea of making our own pillaiyar. We were all thrilled and eager to put our skills together. We got the play dough and pillaiyar was on his way to our home :-)

Find the snaps - men at work ... he he he, technically, I was also helping them by taking pictures of their hardwork and making the "meenjur":-)