Celebrating the Tamil month of "Margazhi" in the 90s
"Margazhi" is the most important of all the Tamil months. It is celebrated from mid December to mid January. It is also called "Dhanur masam"(month).Lord Krishna is worshipped specifically during this month. Several poojas and bhajans will be sung in praise of him. In fact Lord Krishna has himself said in Bhagavath Gita that he is "Margazhi" among all the months. Though several people follow our customs even today, the significance and the charm of this month is incomparable to how it was earlier. I have shared my memories of how margazhi was celebrated during my childhood days in the 90s. I was brought up in the agraharam of Mylapore Sri Vendata Desikar temple(near chitrakulam).We were a huge gang of friends. To me, marghazhi reminds me of these memories, My mother used to put a grand kolam early morning around 5am or 5.15am (I wouldn't call it a rangoli as she didn't have time to colour it apart from festival days as she has to rush to office