Today is Karadayan Nombu..

Today is Karadayan Nombu..

A day signifying that the will of a woman could just achieve the impossible..

A day reminding us that a woman with sincere and abiding love for her husband could defy the rules of nature, defy the God of death, and could safeguard her husband's life at the face of the whole universe rearing to snatch that life away..

The story of Savitri.. may be it is true or it is just a piece of fiction.. but the spirit embodied in that story, the steadfastness of a woman, is worth remembering and emulating..

The fact that in spite of all the claims of modernity and claims of gender equality, almost all women eagerly pray for the welfare and longevity of their husbands.. the date and mode of celebrations might vary although..

Sure, to love someone with whole heart for a lifetime, is not a weakness by any reckoning..

It really takes a character to live up-to that level of fidelity and sincerity..

Pranams to the womanhood of our land on this happy day..

Sarva mangala maangalye shive Sarvaartha Saadhike

Sharanye tryambike devi Narayani Namostu te..

सर्वमङ्गल माङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके

शरण्ये त्र्यंबिके देवी नारायणि नमोस्तु ते

Like Uma and Shankara, Like Lashmi and Narayana, may all bound by the sacred tie of marriage live in eternal togetherness..

May the universal father and mother bless us all..

नमः शिवाभ्यां नव यौवनाभ्यां परस्पराश्लिष्ट वपुर्धराभ्यां

नगेन्द्र कन्या वृषकेतनाभ्यां नमो नमः शंकर पार्वतीभ्यां

Pranams to the eternal couple,

our beloved parents Shankara and Parvathi..

who are ever in their pristine youth,

who exist in the blissful embrace of one another ( Ardhanaareeshvara),

the daughter of Himavan the king of mountains

and

the one who is having a bull in his flagstaff..