Ground breaking ceremony

Priya just said " the past many months have gone by so fast"... we spent the first three months looking for our dream home. Yesterday, June 06, 2008, we did our "Guddali Pooja" which is our Indian version of ground breaking ceremony. We were in our traditional attire and the pooja went on for about an hour. We prayed lord Ganesha for removing all the obstacles that may come during construction and thanked him for all the good things that he has endowed upon us.

We called Dad and it was around 4:15 A.M in the morning for him. Manu, my brother had given him “a major good news” yesterday, so my parents could not sleep pretty much. My parents were so happy and they were in tears. Mom said, “ I have two homes now, one in India and one in the United States”.

Anyways, we called our dad and he recited all the mantras for about an hour or so… and when we completed the pooja, we had the blessings from rain god, he just drizzled over us for a couple of minutes.

Thanks to my brother Manohar, our friends Vis, Sundar, Lakshmi and our youngest member of the gang, Sagana… for making our day special.

Now, we are going to make trips every weekend and we are kind of getting ready for surprises the way the house will be built. If you are interestedto view our house plan, you may do it on http://www.newmarkhomes.com/tousa/ShowCommunity.do?communityId=497 and select "drake" model all the way at the bottom for a 360 degree tour.