Ayudha Pooja is celebrated to worship Lord Vishwakarma. As per the Hindu Mythology, Vishwakarma is the son of Brahma. He is the official architect of the Gods. He has designed and built the palaces of all gods, the flying chariots (Pushpaka Vimana) and the swords and other weapons for Gods. It is believed that he was the architect of the Dwaraka city!
This day is a very special day for workers. They all worship their tools – Weaving machine or the carpentry tool or the lathe machine etc. The machines, tools and even vehicles are cleaned and are smeared with chandan and kum-kum. Big garlands and small vazhai marum are also used for decorative purposes. Workshops, companies small or big celebrate this day in a really grand fashion by giving off pori (Rice Flakes), jaggery, pottu kadalai, sweets and some small gifts. This day is also important for traders as they begin their new accounts.
This day is a very special day for workers. They all worship their tools – Weaving machine or the carpentry tool or the lathe machine etc. The machines, tools and even vehicles are cleaned and are smeared with chandan and kum-kum. Big garlands and small vazhai marum are also used for decorative purposes. Workshops, companies small or big celebrate this day in a really grand fashion by giving off pori (Rice Flakes), jaggery, pottu kadalai, sweets and some small gifts. This day is also important for traders as they begin their new accounts.
But we are in a rapidly growing modernized world and how would one be celebrating the Ayudha Pooja say in the year 2020!!! Will we still be going with our regular rituals? Or probably the rituals will still go on but instead of machines and tools we would be smearing chandan and kum-kum to our smart phones, PDA’s or to smartcards!!
2 comments:
Oh..I bet we already do that...with all chandanam smeared on the workstations...
but unrelated..yesterde, I didnt know this journeycalledlife..now, I know! :P
Thats right. Even i have smeared chandan and kum-kum on my comp..
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