Pakal Pooram

Finally, I am back with my family. I wanted to write about my family before, but was waiting to get back to them. I am lucky to be the mother of my lovely daughter-Gowri and to be the partner of my caring husband - Nithin. We are staying with his parents.

I am staying in Cochin(also known as Ernakulam) in the state of Kerala. To mention beriefly about my place - Kerala is one of the most prosperous state of India, in the Southern end of the country. Cochin can be regarded as the commercial and industrial capital of Kerala. Cochin is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea/the Queen of the Adriatic and also as the Gateway of South India.
The festival season in Kerala has started again. Yesterday i was able to attend the utsavam(festival) - Pakalppooram of the famous Ernakulam Shiva Temple . Over 11 caparisoned elephants were lined up before the temple for Kudamattam(exchange of parasols). After the Pakalppooram, there was a fire works display of 1001 crackers. It was real beautiful display. There was a sequence of programs scheduled after that, for which we were waiting, but Gowri got scared by the massive firework sound and we had to leave as she was crying a lot.