..ఇస్తి నమ్మ వాయనం...

It has been one year for our engagement day today and today being an auspicious day mom decided to call it a day for finishing at least half of the 'నోములు అండ్ వ్రాతలు' part .So there we were Hd and me with a big bag of pears , the 11th fruit type adding to the 10 types of fruits bought by amma and nanna. If there are any two people in my life who can do selflessly anything for me they are my parents .I dont think there will be any other set of people who will do it for me . So we were greeted into the home to the sweet smell of different fruits in different variety of baskets , all of them applied with turmeric and kumkum and everything set for pooja .Amma i dont have words to say you thanks , you have a heart of gold . I felt like an idiot being there doing nothing just coming , getting ready and sitting for pooja. I assure it wont happen next time and i will take part in the hard work before the pooja.
So it goes like this .
After completing the Vinaya pooja and Pooja ot amma varu , we offer the fruits to the gods first , two fruits of each variety .
Then we ask each person ( ముత్తైదువు ) to sit in తూర్పు దిశ and give them the fruits of each variety of count 16 . And before we offer the dialogues which goes between the two are like this.
'ఇచ్చుకొంటి నమ్మ వాయనం ' - 'పుచ్చికొంటి నమ్మ వాయనం '
'ఇచ్చుకొంటి నమ్మ వాయనం ' - 'పుచ్చికొంటి నమ్మ వాయనం '
'ఇచ్చుకొంటి నమ్మ వాయనం ' - 'పుచ్చికొంటి నమ్మ వాయనం '

then i ask
'నా వాయనం పుచ్చు కున్న వనిత ఎవరమ్మా ' to which the receiving lady replies 'నేనే మంగలగురి నమ్మ'
for which i say 'కోరికొంటి నమ్మ వరం' and the receiving lady says 'ఇస్తి నమ్మ వరం' .
..and this pattern repeats for 11 times for each variety of fruit taken. I dis this today for
apples , pear, grapes, gummadi kaya, nariyal,nimmapandu,danimma,sweet tarbuja, banana, dosa pandu,battayi ...
and i am left with 6 more to complete in this year.Hats off to amma.