Preparations are underway for a house warming ceremony or "Gruha Pravesh" tomorrow. The Manjunath/Shiva Kumar family has built a beautiful new home and before it can be occupied it must be blessed in this Hindu ceremony. Many workers are pulling the final details together to insure that all will be ready.
Today began with an early morning trip to Lalbagh Park in the center of Bangalore. It is a magnificent 240 acres of horticultural beauty where many residents of the city go for meditation or exercise in the midst of the indescribable traffic and hustle of the streets. After our walk through the park we had a sumptuous breakfast at the famed MTR restaurant where one can walk through the kitchen to observe the many staff who interact like clockwork in a small space to produce their fabulous cuisine. Then back into the streets that can barely be crossed for fear of losing life or limb and home to CNN coverage of the super storm back in the states.
Hand decorated for the ceremony
Lalbagh Park
Parrot in a tree
Idly at MTR
Coffee served in two cups
Food preparations at home
Pooja or shrine
Today began with an early morning trip to Lalbagh Park in the center of Bangalore. It is a magnificent 240 acres of horticultural beauty where many residents of the city go for meditation or exercise in the midst of the indescribable traffic and hustle of the streets. After our walk through the park we had a sumptuous breakfast at the famed MTR restaurant where one can walk through the kitchen to observe the many staff who interact like clockwork in a small space to produce their fabulous cuisine. Then back into the streets that can barely be crossed for fear of losing life or limb and home to CNN coverage of the super storm back in the states.
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