Yesterday was Krishna's birthday - a VERY big deal for Ananya, who is really really interested in anything pertaining to religion and ceremonies. In the north, they call it Janmashtami and in the south, they call it Krishna Jayanthi. We celebrated by going over to my mom's house, where Pooneet's parents joined us for a puja and dinner. Ananya would look at my mom and say "Happy Krishna Jayanthi" and would look at P's mom and say "Happy Janmashtami". Cute!
Ananya loves ceremonies. She did the arati, sang many of the bhajans, insisted that we all (sans Pooneet) get dressed up in Indian clothes, and was very perturbed that I wasn't wearing bangles. Amisha, on the other hand, has so much energy and such little patience that she spent the entire puja throwing fruits at our heads and flowers all around the floor.
We ended our puja by singing "Happy birthday to you" and then eating a feast of delicious food cooked by both grandmas. Yum
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