Yesterday we finished celebrating my dad's Sashtipoorthi. In other words it is the 60th b'day of my father according to the hindu calendar. it becomes significant because the cycle of life is said to have beome complete when a person touches the 60 year mark as he has gone through all stages of life such as bramhacharya, grihastha etc. So it is a commemorate achievement for the individual and I found out that not everybody gets the honor of a celebration of this stature.
It is typical of a social gathering where your near and dear, your loved and not so loved ones gather under one roof for about 2 to 3 days and attend numerous pujas and abhishekams amongst continual chanting of the vedas. The event is not short of a wedding and hence it is also called the 60th marriage. These are events that assert our rich tradition, its roots and like some people rave about, our "culture". I am supposed to have co-hosted the event along with my younger brother and got showere...