Day 86: A Different Holi!

I have hardly celebrated Holi in the past. My one and only proper celebration was a few years ago at the hubby's place in Kanpur. Then I played it the way it was meant to be played and had a ball. But we don't really celebrate it here in Singapore except for some prayers at home and applying a little bit of colour on each other.

This year, it was the little one's first Holi and it started off with... well... a doctor's appointment to get her vaccination. So early in the morning the three of us set off to the doctor's. After the brief unpleasantness during the injection, she was back to her normal self....so she and I, together with our helper Lakshmi (who, by the way, is fantastic and deserves a few posts dedicated to her!), set off to meet Mata Amritanandamayi who is in town. After waiting for 3.5 hours, we managed to get a darshan (a meeting) with her. The hubby too, who had left for his office, also managed to reach just in time for darshan. Thus, we managed to get the blessings of our spiritual guru on the day of Holi, which was fantastic.

Back at home, we had a small prayer, and put a little bit of colour on each other, as well as on the little one.


So yes, it was a different kinda Holi celebration, beautiful nevertheless!