Out of the Comfort Zone

One of the things that I thought I would miss in the US would be Ganesh Chaturti or Ganapati Celebrations that we have every year back home in India. But UMBC is really special. We actually have Ganesh Chaturti celebrations here. Ok UMBC is not sponsoring it, but for quite some years now, at a senior student's house we have the celebrations for 5 days. So for the past four days my mornings and evenings, I am enjoying my aartis ... the sweet sound of Sukharta Dukharta with friends brings a lot of peace to me, the prasad that each one volunteers to make, its all here in the US too ! Tomorrow will be Ganesh Visarjan ... the last day of Ganesh Celebrations here in UMBC ... just the way, we celebrate back home...

I am really lucky that I have not missed my Ganapati celebrations here in the US.
The Ganesh Chaturti Celebrations indeed makes UMBC very special to me.

Ganapati Bappa Morya !
Mangal Moorti Morya !

Edit - Here are some pictures from the last day of the celebrations - http://picasaweb.google.com/varishmulwad/GaneshotsavInUSSep2008#