Today, as is my wont on festive days, I went to the terrace at dawn to look at the Sun and sky. The world around was at its usual, serene best. The birds were busy with their morning songs and search for food. Stray animals were lazily relishing the remnant chill of the leaving winter. All kinds of people were busy with preparations for celebrating the day. The Sun was also slowly ascending. But the sight at the East was a lot more astounding today.
Instead of a sparkling ball of gold and orange, I saw an amorphous cloud blocking the view. Seen closely, the cloud looked like an embryo. As if burgeoning with the nectar of water itself wasn’t noble enough, the cloud seemed to be carrying the very life force of the Sun also within. With the sky playing womb and this cloud being embryo, a beautiful Sun soon grew out of it, filling the world with Her life-nourishing light and warmth. What an apt beginning it was to the day on which we express gratitude to the Sun for her boons of life!
Sun is the most visible Giver and Nurturer of life and it is no wonder then that people across the world worship the Sun in some form or the other. On this auspicious day, as the Sun begins her movement towards north, may She bestow upon you and yours all the good things in abundance. May your homes be filled with peace, good health and prosperity of the highest kind! Happy Pongal / Uttarayan / Makara Sankaranthi!
A.
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