Sastrigal came by 10-00 and started the rites at 10-20. They were followed by other relatives.Įveryone - Vijaya, Saroja, Kalyani, Rajeswari were extremely busy in cooking and allied jobs. Jayaraman, Kalyani, Poornima were the first to arrive by 6-45. On 23rd, the day of Sraththam, we two got up by 4-15 AM and started the work. On 22nd evening, Vijaya and I cut vegetables. Except for blouse bits from Amudam Stores, we didn't do any other purchase from South Mada steet, Mylapore. This year too I missed the Mylapore ambience. On 23rd morning I purchased Vaazhai Ilai and Pushpam from North Mada Street Thiruvanmiyur. A day before the thithi, we purchased all the vegetables, fruits incl vaazhaipazham from Thiruvanmiyur market. Vijaya and I purchased the grocery items and Vaathiyar saamangal from Marthandam Stores, Lakshmipuram, Thiruvanmiyur. Varatti from a kadai near Marundeeswarar koil. All these years we were doing it in rented houses. This is the first ever sraththam that we are performing at our OWN house (Flat F2, No 3, Kalakshetra Avenue, 2nd Street, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 41). This year (2011) amma's thithi came on Thursday, 23rd June. We three brothers (Sugavanam, Jayaraman, and self) perform the sraththams of our parents every year at Chennai our elder brother Sundaresan performs at Dapodi, Pune.Īmma's Thithi is Aani, Krishna Paksham, Ashtami.
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