A festival that instills the sense of responsibility in the eldest child

Today is Prathamastami, a festival for elders and is a tradition that is believed to be celebrated since 14th century on which the eldest child is worshiped, with customary rituals that brings prosperity for the eldest child and the family. The eldest child is instilled the sense of responsibility to lead the family and in reality, we always see, if he/she leads the family right, then younger kids have to obey and do a righteous life. Here both are elders, and we got the new dress for the boy, but the Saree is sent by my in-laws (her parents) - that's also a tradition followed for whole life.

And specific to this day, we have the authenticate Odia delicacy Enduri Pitha, which is a delicious pancake sweetened stuff (prepared from scrubbed coconut and jaggery) filled inside, and wrapped in turmeric leaf. This is very very specific to my place, and this year the price of turmeric leaves were too high since yesterday. Thankfully, I got this at a reasonable price at very early morning from a farmer selling it directly. She got up at 5 am and started the preparations.

My duty was to supply all the items, but rest all she took care and served us the mind blowing Enduri Pitha with curry. I like it so much that, I brought a lot of turmeric leaves so that this will continue for some days. Apart from the taste, turmeric has health benefits and believe me the aroma of the Enduri Pitha gets better as the leaves become older turning yellow. Sounds interesting, isn't it ?

For the first time I got flowers from my plants, as it was very early morning and I did not want to go out and buy them.

Unwrap the leaf and you can't wait till you finish and ask for more.

From morning, it has already been prepared three times and still going on......

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