Uncle Bill and Pala do Bishwakarma puja -- pix 7.

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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Sgt. Karka is first to do the actual puja following the sacrificing of the goat and instructs me in protocol with which I am not familiar. It is no time for mistakes. I follow the ritual but say my own brand of prayers in my mind and soul.

Pala follows me.

Every kami will follow us and pray to Bishwakarma to bless our shop, the equipment, the men and to insure that the items we produce are the best and carry the appropriate blessing.

Of interest is the fact that the altar for the Bishwakarma puja is the BirGorkha tool box where we keep our power tools and other hand equipment that is worth stealing. It makes me smile when I think, "The right tool for the right job." I know that Sri Bishwakarma will smile upon us.

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Blessings from the computer shack in Reno.

Uncle Bill
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A nice touch, and I really mean it, is notice how the bulletin board with the customers pictures posted on it is hanging on the wall to the side of Sri Bishwakarma.

So in a sense the kamis have placed those of us who sent our pictures so we can watch over the puja, and in their own way the kamis, deliberately or not, seem to have included us.

What do you think, Bill, was the placement of our pictures coincidence, karma, or done deliberately?
 
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