Mahasaptami debuts with rains

For once it appeared the puja days would be awash with ungodly rains. Such was the intensity this morning that all hopes of enjoyment during the 3 main puja days vanished in the thin air.

I ventured out on a personal work, and all I could see everywhere were dismal faces decidedly downcast at the prospect of watery puja. Then, at around 3 in the afternoon, the sky started clearing.

The sun peeped out tentatively through thinning veil of clouds, and though many places had accumulated ankle-deep water, the mood of the people changed for the better.

Now, as the evening is getting old, people are streaming out on the road from all sides, making good of the time lost in the morning. As I sit at home and write this I’ve no doubt there are the usual traffic snarls on the road at places where popular pujas are located.

It’s being a surprisingly eventful day so far the weather is concerned. As the saying goes, all is well that ends well. Let us hope so, fervently.

Here are some glimpses of Ekdalia Evergreen puja this morning. The video inside was taken when people were offering pushp-anjali. At that very moment it was raining torrentially outside.