July 10 - New Saaranga Avatar

July 10th 2009.

Eurostyle Salon

It was a curious place. Paula greeted me and went about cutting hair with such an ease that it was not a traumatic experienec to appa or amma except that I would not sit alone. So appa sat on the chair and I made his lap my seat.

Amma has preserved the first bunch of hair. She has plans of keeping it framed.

Look at the photo below. I do look like a handsome boy now. No more "Oh! how old is she?" "She is adorable" kind of comments.

See you later,

Saaranga

Snip - Snip and there goes my hair

Hi all,

Today (July 9th 2009) was a special day. I had my hair snipped for the first time. Chowla karma also known as Chudakarana Samskara is one of the 16 samskara's (rites of passage) every person should go thorugh. The first hair cut has to be done on an auspicious day so that both Ayushya (longevity) and Varchas (Aura or personality) can be enhanced.

Day started off with a shower at home (how I hate that shower!!). We went to Sri Krishna Vrundavana and amma changed me into traditional dress. Check the pictures on the right. Don't I look cute?

We had punyaaha, ganapathi pooja and chowla home followed by cermonial hair cut. The scissors appa was using were so small that it would have taken days to cut my loooooong hair. We decided that we will pay a visit to the barber shop later to take care of my hair. Lo and behold, Sri Yogeendra Bhat - the head priest of the temple told me and appa to take bath AGAIN!. Okay I gave my consent and did not make much of a fuss.

After poornahuti (final stage of the homa or sacred fire ritual ) we had a good lunch and headed home. Looking forward to meet Paula tomorrow in my first visit to the barber shop.

Enjoy the photos,

Saaranga

GREAT NEWS - Asha Maami has submitted her thesis for Phd

Just came to know that Asha Maami has finally completed her doctoral thesis and submitted her report on "A study on the effect of 8MeV electron irradiation on semiconductor devices using microtron". It will take me a few years to understand the title let alone the thesis. However we are all very proud of you maami. This is a fantastic achievement.

Hopefully thesis will be reviewed and we can all call you Dr.