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The day marked a change in our status as a new family member has just joined our family.The feeling is just wonderful! Though by the end of the day, we all were tired but were relieved as well!
On 4th December, there was to be a ceremony when the Mama of the girl, after some religious ceremonies, takes some branches of the mango tree to be used during the marriage. And on 5th, the first invitation was to be given to the maternal side. Though my Ma told me not to over exert myself and convey the invitation through phone but the conservative me would not be happy with this mode of invitation and I decided to go all by myself to my Ma's place. As if the long travel was not just enough to discourage me, I had only one casual leave left with me and had to make a judicious use of the same.
On the night of 4th, at 3-30 AM, I caught a bus for Baijnath and reached there at 6-40AM. It was so cold that day. The next bus to Ma's place was at 7AM and to make the best use of the time and opportunity and so I went to the famous Shiva temple of Baijnath. I am really grateful to God for having given me the opportunity to go to the temple. I experience such peace and piety in the inner sanctorum that cannot be expressed in words. Taking the blessings of Lord Shiva, I proceeded to my Ma's place. Ma was not there but my Bhabhi was there waiting for me. I wondered about human relationships and how girls coming different family become an integral part of a new family. Dead tired as I was, so a big relief was experienced when I took bath with hot steaming water. Was it the arid smell of the woods or the touch of my earlier roots that made my life so light!
Then I went to our Kuldevi's temple to pay obeisance and invite her to grace the occasion of my daughter's marriage. While putting the invitation in front of our family diety, I was humbled by her love and affection and the image that flashed before my eyes wasthat of my ownself asking for a child! And today,I was standing here for the marriage of the same daughter. How time fleeces!