I woke up around 7.00 am this morning. Actually our grandmother was the one who woke me up at that time. Because we have to be ready to go to the temple. I usually wake up between 6.30 - 7.00 every day. But today I fell asleep, not turning around at that time. If Grandma hadn't woken me up I would have gotten up a little late. We had to go to the temple at 8 in the morning so I got ready quickly. And I had breakfast and was ready to go to the temple at exactly 8 o'clock.

Last month we held a Bodhi Pooja for three days. So this month we went to the temple again today to perform the Bodhi Pooja for three days. Grandmother had prepared the necessary items for the bodhi pooja last night. I also collected the necessary herbs to the medicine basket last evening and washed and cleaned them. I love collecting herbs for Bodhi Pooja.

Bo tree in the temple

As I entered the temple grounds I realized that there were already a few people in the temple. Because the temple grounds had been swept clean. When we left, five or two people from the temple were present for the bodhi pooja. The temple grounds had been cleared, so we had to only offer flowers and worship.

Statues of arahants in the temple.

Today our little sister is not much twisted. Sometimes she, when we worshipped the Buddha, would run here and there in the temple grounds. But today she came near us and worshiped with us. After worshiping the Buddha, we bathed the Bo tree with water.

The statues of arahant look like on the outside.

We spent about two hours at the temple and returned home. After we arrived, grandmother start quickly prepared lunch. I poured coconut for my grandmother and helped her a little. Then I looked at a few articles on the steemit. In the meantime, I published a post for a drawing contest organized by the steem skillshare community.

Here is the post I published for that contest. After posting this article, I had lunch. I got it and slept a bit in the evening. After a long time, this afternoon it rained and I got a little laziness. So I decided to take a sleep after lunch.

https://steemit.com/hive-197809/@nishadi89/contest-show-your-drawing-skill-opened-for-everyone-or-by-nishadi89-or-club5050

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