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| Gungaru (bells) for the ankles of dancing children, 4 sets of tablas, 2 dolaks and a room full of very happy children and adults! |
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| One of the 3 alters -expressing gratitude love and devotion to Allah, Jesus, Sufi Baba, Siva, Parvati, Laxmi, Ganesh, Saraswati... God has many faces in order to help humans have some understanding of the the many aspects of God. This puja (ceremony) was to thank God and to bless and protect the new instruments, the school and the children who come to learn and practice their tradition here in the Kathputi colony. |
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| In accordance with tradition, the first song is to Ganesha - and this is the first time the new harmonium is played. |
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| Bhakti - devotional songs to God. |
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| Puja wouldn't be complete without the Prasad (sweets: mango and papaya), thread (tied around each persons wrist), kum kum (blessing marked on the spot between the eyes, third eye or ajna) and of course, flowers. Puja ceremony involves all sense organs...and most of all, the heart. |
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