Yes, as you must have all guessed, thats the new house that Anu and Ranga bought recently. Housewarming, also called as "Gruhapravesham" in our langauge (Indian), means that you are entering a new house and that you would want to be blessed with all the good wishes and the warm greetings of your family and friends.
Gruha = House and Pravesham = entering.
One always wonders whether its a good deal to rent or buy a home. In Anu and Ranga's case it was a long dream to own a home and stop moving around different apartments trying to find a good deal on the rent everytime the lease expires. Finally the day dawned, the home hunting began with seeing numerous houses and finally striking a deal for one of them, getting the keys (which by the way was the bigger & adventurous venture) and planning the gruhapravesham. It indeed is a moment to feel proud of. The house is located in Fremont @ Mowry and Crosspoint intersection.
The gruhapravesham was planned out to be on Sunday September 28th, 2003 @ 6:00 am. That was the most auspicious time of the day for the puja. The priest was from Fremont Hindu temple and he performed the puja very nicely and very satisfactorily to the happiness of all the members in the house.
May god bless you all with happiness and proseprity.
Date(s): September 28, 2003. Album by Karthik Nagaraj. Photos by Karthik Nagaraj. 1 - 19 of 19 Total. 4274 Visits.
enlarge 100KB, 800x600 1 The new home is located at the intersection of Mowry and Crosspoint. The home is a gorgeous 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath home. Thats the front side of the house you are seeing with Anu, Ranga and Anu's mom standing in front of it. To your right is the 2 car garage. Congrats once again on the new home and wishing you all the best.
enlarge 78KB, 800x600 2 The time is 6:00 am and Anu-Ranga have entered the house. The priest, Mr. Govind Shashtry from Fremont Hindu temple is all set to begin to the puja. You can see Anu, Ranga and Rahika are all seated to perform the puja. Shuklam Bharadharam Vishnum Shashivarnum Chaturbhujam. Prasanna Vadanam Dhyayeth sarva vignopashanthaye...
enlarge 107KB, 800x600 3 That's Priya and her sister in law sitting next to Anu during the puja.
enlarge 89KB, 800x600 4 Ranga repeating the mantras after the priest...
enlarge 88KB, 800x600 5 The homa has begun...
enlarge 80KB, 800x600 6 Anu and Ranga stand up while the priest performs the aarthi to the Gods and the Goddesses. After the aarthi they have to do a Pradakshina and then a namaskaram. This marks the end of the homa and the puja.
enlarge 77KB, 800x600 7 Another shot of the priest performing the aarthi.
enlarge 82KB, 600x800 8 All pray for a peaceful and cheerful life in the home. Its essential that everyone gets the blessing of the God almighty to lead a happy life, be it anywhere !
enlarge 64KB, 600x800 9 She definitely looks tired. The priest made sure that the puja was done in every possible way that made everyone, especially Anu's mom happy.
enlarge 100KB, 800x600 10 Thats Girish's wife, Radhika, Priya and Priya's Sister in law. Sitting in the living room after the wonderful puja and homa.
enlarge 80KB, 800x600 11 We are all geared up for reciting the VishnuSahasranamam after the puja.
enlarge 84KB, 800x600 12 Bless us all - O Lord Srinivasa, Goddess Padmavati and Goddess Lakshmi
enlarge 75KB, 800x600 13 Cool DVD Player - Thats us giving the gift to welcome Anu-Ranga to their new home. The gift was a DVD Player. Overlooking us is the Dining area where the puja was held. We are standing right in the Living-Dining (middle) area.
enlarge 92KB, 800x600 14 I had to grab this quicky before it was attacked and finished. The food was just simply awesome. Thanks to Anu and Anu's mom for the wonderful food. For those who could not enjoy the food to make matters even worse I will tell what the food items were: Puliogare, Spinach Raitha, Chips, Mixture, Kesaribath,Rava laddo, Aaloo sabzi, curd rice, Chapati, Rice and Rasam.
enlarge 107KB, 600x800 15 Entrance - Thats Ranga, Anu and her mom @ the entrance of the home. Nice smile by the way Ranga ! and hey, where is Radhika?
enlarge 107KB, 800x600 16 Backyard - Inside we can see the stairs that lead to the bedrooms on the second floor.
enlarge 122KB, 800x600 17 Thats my wife Priya and myself in the backyard of the house.
enlarge 69KB, 600x800 18 Jaya - Priya's Sister in Law.
enlarge 104KB, 800x600 19 GOODBYE - Thats all of us in front of the new house.
