The 'Thothukali' had reached its zenith and the time was a half an hour past midnight. We, then, moved towards our Annams for the parade. The first that I'd attended and danced to, showering flower petals at, was Radhan chettan's Annam. Little Achu was with me and I'd encouraged/helped him with the carrying of the Annam towards the Devi's perch. It was a heady feeling!
The actions were replicated with Indira kunjamma's Annam and she was damn thrilled that I was there, as promised. I had that personal satisfaction at being there and for being an active participant in the Pooram festivities! We saw the parading of the massive Annams and the time was a half past 2, when we decided to call it a day.
We reached home an hour later but not before being accosted by a mobile police patrol who took down our particulars and left us after being satisfied that we, indeed, were returning from the Neelamperoor Pooram festivities. After an hour's conversation on reaching home, we'd tucked into our beds at the unearthly hour of a half past 3 for the night's sleep and got up at a half past 8! We went through the chores and were off on our return trip by a half past 1, but not before cutting Achu's birthday cake and wishing him a happy birthday!!
Enroute, we'd met up with Babu chettan at Kottayam and Radhan chettan's friend at Kudamaloor. The journey was nice and this time, I'd taken the old MC Road, via Vyttila. We'd dropped in at a restaurant, soon after Kalamasserry, for a cup of tea and snack and it took quite a while for that cuppa to materialise and that, too, without a snack! I was disgusted and then, had to drive into the roadside eatery ten kilometers past Angamaly, to get that snack!!
The drive from Thrissur to Guruvayur saw us passing through the Sobha City bottleneck with ease but had got bogged down at the 'Muthuvara' bottleneck because of the huge potholes on the broken road. Radhan chettan wanted to ease his bladder and I was able to find a secluded spot soon after, as I was aware of the fact that he was not able to hold his urine because of being badly diabetic.
We're back at 'The Quarterdeck' by a half past 7.
Tailpiece.
1. It was a drive of about 450 kms, spread over four days and during that period, we're able to participate in the Pooram festivities with gusto. I'd nothing to worry about Lekha as she was under the watchful eyes of Sathi chechi, Vrinda and Vidya.
2. Radhan chettan and Sathi chechi were with us for the evening.
The actions were replicated with Indira kunjamma's Annam and she was damn thrilled that I was there, as promised. I had that personal satisfaction at being there and for being an active participant in the Pooram festivities! We saw the parading of the massive Annams and the time was a half past 2, when we decided to call it a day.
We reached home an hour later but not before being accosted by a mobile police patrol who took down our particulars and left us after being satisfied that we, indeed, were returning from the Neelamperoor Pooram festivities. After an hour's conversation on reaching home, we'd tucked into our beds at the unearthly hour of a half past 3 for the night's sleep and got up at a half past 8! We went through the chores and were off on our return trip by a half past 1, but not before cutting Achu's birthday cake and wishing him a happy birthday!!
Enroute, we'd met up with Babu chettan at Kottayam and Radhan chettan's friend at Kudamaloor. The journey was nice and this time, I'd taken the old MC Road, via Vyttila. We'd dropped in at a restaurant, soon after Kalamasserry, for a cup of tea and snack and it took quite a while for that cuppa to materialise and that, too, without a snack! I was disgusted and then, had to drive into the roadside eatery ten kilometers past Angamaly, to get that snack!!
The drive from Thrissur to Guruvayur saw us passing through the Sobha City bottleneck with ease but had got bogged down at the 'Muthuvara' bottleneck because of the huge potholes on the broken road. Radhan chettan wanted to ease his bladder and I was able to find a secluded spot soon after, as I was aware of the fact that he was not able to hold his urine because of being badly diabetic.
We're back at 'The Quarterdeck' by a half past 7.
Tailpiece.
1. It was a drive of about 450 kms, spread over four days and during that period, we're able to participate in the Pooram festivities with gusto. I'd nothing to worry about Lekha as she was under the watchful eyes of Sathi chechi, Vrinda and Vidya.
2. Radhan chettan and Sathi chechi were with us for the evening.
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