Gopal giving a new necklace to Lavanya on Diwali

Amma giving away Udugore for the 1st Diwali ...

Aditya getting his share and thankful to the weavers

Appa and Amma giving away new dresses to Athe & Mama

Amma & Appa giving aware Saree to Barthiamma

Gopals' parents giving away cloths to Amma and Appa

Giving away new Diwali cloths to Sreesh, Seenumama, Leelakka, VeenaAunty & Shishira

Giving away new Diwali cloths to Vidhya, Sruthi & Bhavaji

Giving away new Diwali cloths to Venki, Usha, Shreya and Akshaya

Amma giving away Avalakki and Aralu Unde to the Begaru (Gopal's mom)

View of our house on the Diwali night

Firecrackers throwing up in the AIR - a wondeful sight

Akshaya's birthday was celebrated on the 30th Oct at Mysore

(L to R) Aditya, Sethumadhv, Suraj, Sreedh, Shishira, Ramamurthy, Surabhi, Lavanya, Gopal, Padmanabhan, Ananthapadmanabhan, Rajeshwari, Veena

Everybody seated for the Yenne Shasthra on the 31st Oct Morning...

Athe performing the Yenne (Oil) Shasthra on the 31st Oct Morning

It is customary that I design my own fire cracker every diwali, this time it was a combination of rockets, flowerpots and sparklers - Please see below a couple of pics on how it went.

Beautiful green flames going up in air from the Custom Firework designed by Aditya

Custom Designed Firework by ADITYA initiating a Flowerpot ...

Gopal & Lavanya on the Diwali Night

Lots of people lighting the Flower Pots ...

The usual flowerpots ...

Aditya and Shreya after lighting a flowerpot

Well, the 10,000 WALA before it went into flames.

The 10,000 WALA during its bring LIT - it was an amazing experience.

The GRAND 10,000 WALA - Also know as the "Hudugi Bai" (Girls Mouth) for obvious reasons

The DEADLY 10,000 WALA - the Grand Finale of the Diwali Night

Akshya, Usha & Sruthi

Shreya (Venki's Daughter) with the Sparklers

People having a GALA time on the Diwali Night

Amma and Atte performing the Aarathi

People sitting for the Mangalarathi

People lined up for the "Chat Nite" organized at our home - we where famished after running around during Diwali

A beautiful welcome board created by Appa

An Birthday card being presented to Gopal well in advance (14th January 2005)