Every Dog has His Day

(photo from Cute Overload)

Earlier this week the dog worship festival was celebrated in Nepal.I read about it in my newspaper and thought I must post it here.Sheeba wants to immigrate to Nepal.LOL

Taken from Hindustan Times -
The proverb—Every dog has his day — literally came true on Monday when people in Nepal, the world's last Hindu nation, worshipped their dogs with utmost devotion.
Despite the transformation of Nepal into a “secular nation”, people did not forget to worship their dogs on the day of Kukur Tihar, and protect their families from destruction. The festival is also known as Narak Chaturdashi.
Big red tikas (red dots)— a paste of vermilion, curd and rice — were put on dogs' foreheads and were garlanded.
“It (Kukur Tihar) is a very important festival in our society, and there cannot be any change in the tradition,” says Sunil Shrestha, a young entrepreneur.
Even street dogs are also worshiped and are garlanded on the occasion. After worshiping the dogs, delicious meals were served to them. The Hindus appease their dogs because the canine is also the steed of Bhairab, the god of destruction.
“We Hindus in Nepal worship dog to guard our house from destruction,” Pallavi Sharma, a housewife in Kathmandu said. However, Hindus in India generally do not worship dogs.
Dogs have always been associated with the Hindu mythology and culture. Even in the epic Mahabharat, dogs accompanied Dharmaraj Yudhisthir and his four other brothers during their journey to heaven.
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Today is dog worship day in Nepal. From a description of Nepalese festivals:
Quote:
The second day is called 'Kukur tihar', dogs day. A dog plays many roles in our society. We have dogs in our houses as guardian of the house. As the legend also says that there is a dog at yama's gate guarding the gate to the underworld. The dog is also the steed of the fearful Bhairab, the god of destruction. So on this day a big red tika is put on a dog's forehead and a beautiful garland around the neck. After worshipping the dog, it is given very delicious meal. This day the saying 'every dog has his day' comes true; for even a stray dog is looked upon with respect. We pray to the dog to guard our house as he guards the gate of the underworld and to divert destruction away from our homes. On this day you can see dogs running around with garlands on their neck. Happy kukur tihar!

Conference in Pictures

The Conference took place on the premises of an English medium school owned by the Anglican Church.

An uncle (Dad 's cousin) founded this school years ago. He left to start his own school and migrated to the USA after retirement.

This is an old part of the school preserved very well.

It was built during the British Raj

This is is the modern school hall .
We had our meetings in the nursery cafeteria


Behind the school is this
communication tower which connects me with the rest of the world


Another view of the school

Basketball court

Dr. P (left) is a teacher in the engineering College here.

He is also a leader and elder in his Brethren Assembly Church.
He led in the Bible Exposition

Evening devotions with

Bro J (right) , guest speaker who was a banker for more than 35 years, now he is a full time pastor, he came from Hyderabad
Since there were people who spoke different languages.

The messages were delivered in English and were translated into Hindi.

Worship Team

This brother is visually challenged and teaches

in the Benaras Hindu University , a university of

international repute.

Along with his teaching he is a strong witness for Christ.

He holds a Bible study in his home every week.

I was really challenged by his life,not to be slack in my spiritual life

and face my disabilities with courage.

Breaking up into groups for prayer

Taking notes

We had 80 registrations and many visitors too.

You can see me sitting on the bottom right hand side corner

Men 's fellowship.

The two main speakers having a chat

Mum 's fellowship

The youngest Conference delegate 10 months old

This little fellow had such a bright smile and was ever ready for a photograph.He is enjoying a guava.

The kids having fun.
We had 4 wonderful days of fellowship and teaching and my spirit is renewed and refreshed.

My parents were co-founders of the UPEGF.

The conference organizers wanted my mother to come for at least one session, but she could not make it,so a group of them

came to visit her at home today after the conference was over.

We had a time of re-counting old times and a visiting pastor prayed for us.