feel there is a strong connection with music, crowd and God. At least for us Indians. Agar public nahi ho toh festival ka majaa nahi aata. And same goes with the music. When there is music, the ever chanting of the commonly sung hymns vibrating in the ethereal marbled space of a temple, it is very easy to get lost.....within yourself.
Yesterday was Janmashtami and I had a close tete a tete with this harmonious union of music and His Lord, albeit for just a few minutes while we made a beeline for His Darshan. When I closed my eyes even for those few minutes and let myself drown in the chant "Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare", letting the magic of the the holy sanctum sanctorum emanate into me, I couldn't help but feel closer to Him, or I would say closer to my ownself. Afterall, God resides in our hearts. And as the enlightened men have said, when we find our inner peace, we find Him. And strangely this "noise" how loud it can be, brings about a serene calmness in your ever-wondering soul and you feel at Peace. Peace with all your troubles that torture your mind day in and day out.
Anyways, coming out of my spiritual reverie, I have to write about the feast that followed the darshan too. And a feast it was. Sumptious, delicious and totally vegetarian, or i should say, jainitarian. Sheera, gulab jamun and paneer matar were absolutely made in heaven. So much for the sweet-toothed cheaters 
to cheat themselves into the line to get a second helping.
to cheat themselves into the line to get a second helping.Well, the next three months are thronged with festivals. Lets celebrate.
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