I will not say all these, but. The mass
time is five in the evening. We walked stiff through the by lane and
covered a few areas which were full of rain water accummulated on the
road. That is normal on our way to the little St. Mary's shrine
chappel. There were other church goers on the road. A few ladies in
dfferent kinds of dresses. A few scooter and moter cycle riders
going with their near and dear to the mass to reach on time. A few,
in their cars for whom we moved to the extreme side of the little
road and keep praying that the water puddles are not sprayed on us.
The cars decrease their speed. We take a breath of relief. Then
continue our walk to reach the chappel. The entry of the chapel has
a statue of an angel carrying a small bowl of holy water. The water
had been lying there for quie a few days and the mosquitoes had not
taken lightly to it. The little larve were springing up and down.
The mosquitoes have taken them for their egging space.
The kole padam in front was getting
ready for next seeding time and had been well ploughed. The visiting
white and black cranes found it a bit a tough time as their normal
food of little fish mostly disappear in the plowing. But they are
hopeful in front of St. Mary's shirne as the mother is benevolent on
them and some food for survival are still found in the muddy padam
fields. A cool breeze wafted through and the multitude congregated
well inside the little round chapel.
The rainy season is beautiful but it
also brings a lot of dirt and loose red mud through the water
movement. The difficult part is to keep the dresses clean and dry.
Next is perspiration in between the rains as the climate is tropical
and day times are always warm if not hot.
The music singers soothe the nerves
which is jumbled and ruffled time and again by the corg operator who
makes sudden jump sounds which strike everyone in their ear drums
from the strong sound boxes which are really powerful these days!
The mass starts in strict earnest and
slowly we are absorbed into the prayers and supplications. The
father leading the mass also sings well sending us to a great level
of extreme prayers for quite sometime. Each one recives the required
blessings and come out happy and peaceful to take part in a
procession carrying St. Mary's statue of the famous Pompei Matha who
blesses Enamavu through and through, including the extreme
cultivation efforts of the people in the kole padams. The candle
light procession goes well in the overcast evening when the cranes
flock to their house island over the little shrine in their long 'V'
formations. Group after group take off and go over. By the time it
is dark the procession and blessings are over and all group up for a
drink of the blessed 'payasam' which are given after the programme.,
always sponsored by any one of the blessed ones in honour of the Holy
Mother of Pompei..!
