The Unspoken Emotions of That First Step
There's a silence just before you enter the house during Grihapravesh, and within that silence lies a thousand emotions. Your eyes may be smiling, your lips chanting prayers, but your heart is racing with the weight of gratitude, fear, excitement, and longing. That one step inside, carrying a kalash or leading a cow or breaking a coconut-it's not just ceremonial. It's ancestral. Generations of your lineage are, in some cosmic way, watching and smiling. Your feet may be touching marble or tile, but your soul is touching something eternal. Grihapravesh is where the house opens its arms to you. And you, in return, offer your life's essence to the house.
- icfagundez
- 15 jun 2025