My wife's Valaikappu was held yesterday on 9th Dec 2012. The day actually fall on our 2nd year of our wedding anniversary, My wife was 30 weeks pregnant at that time.Vallaikappu is a combination of two words - vallai - meaning round (as in bangle) and kappu - meaning protection. This ceremony is performed during the odd months of pregnancy mostly during the seventh month for the expectant mother and celebrates the joy of the upcoming motherhood and ensures the welfare of both the mother and the baby inside her womb. Mostly women are invited for this function. The expectant mother is made to wear a lot of bangles mostly glass ones of red and green colors and the sound of these bangles are supposed to reach the womb. We do some cooking our self and especially my wife she do mee-goreng by herself - and we brought some kuih-Muihs and cakes. So, it was a wonderful occasion with some of the relatives helping to bring their own home-made dishes to the ceremony.We started the ceremony ...
Betel Leaves Approaching Hanuman Jayanthi this Saturday . I will share some of the Significance of lord Hanuman within my knowledge base. At 1st i will start with the leaf which i touch almost every week The 'betel' leaf and it symbolizes truth. Offering a betel leaf mala to Hanuman symbolizes submitting the illusions or the Maya at the higher truth - Hanuman in this case. This is very powerful especially for people under 7 1/2 (or 8) years of Saturn's influence - Sade Sati. During this period people can make false promises or can be influenced by false promises from others. This offering will help them to distinguish between the Maya (illusion) and the reality. The gesture of offering the betel mala also helps in removing the hurdles and obstacles to achieve our endeavors in the highest way.The story goes that when Sri Hanuman conveyed the message from Sri Rama, Sita Devi garlanded Sri Hanuman with a ...
The first of the two Liverpool derby’s in quick succession and I think everyone CONNECTED to Liv hoping a back to back victory. We looked good value for the title a few weeks ago but now things seem to be slipping away a bit & May are not far away i guess.. but a win over our local rivals would go a long way to proving they are capable of bringing home the title.This is probably the important derby ever we gona play & i hope we beat them 3-0!!! just to bring confidence back to the team!! I would like to see Gerrard, Torres and Keane to score!! ....With hope in heart... You'll Never Walk Alone
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