Holi at Sai mandir, suwanee

          Shwetha, a neighbor at duck pond started a group chat on attending Holi celebrations at Sai mandir today. Divya was quite interested in attending it and we did go and attend it.
      It was fun. We were all dressed in white clothes, ready to throw them off it they get colored beyond wash. Temple was not all that far. As soon as we reached, we decided to buy our lunch - 3 tasty mango lassis,  1 plate samosa and one plate paav bhaji. While I was waiting in the queue, Divya and Niya had gone into the crowd to join the rest of the neighbors.
        I had hitherto looked at holi celebration with apprehension as it is a crowd celebration and what amounts to crossing the line can be different for different people. However, I could quickly see that here everyone was well within limits limiting their holi play to the groups they were part of.
     When I reached back with the food, Divya's and Niya's white clothes were all colored. I was watching the stroller with Amey in it. Shyam, neighbor came by and offered to watch Amey so that I could get into the crowd. Took a few snaps of our neighbors, exchanged a few holi hugs. Meanwhile, seeing my clean white t-shirt,  one of our neighbors poured a mug of colored water on to one side, presumably carefully, as my camera did not get wet.There was a tank of water from where people were filling water guns and playing.
     Divya had more interest in the festivity than myself. So I spent most of my time with Kitta, trying to use my camera. Camera itself had become a colorful sight by now with the sprinkles of color. Niya enjoyed and put color on myself/Divya and her friends. At the same time, she was also not very happy when some one poured water on her and started wimping. Quickly went back to playing. It was quite loud and Amey was staring from his stroller - not crying/complaining. Mean while, a kid walking by the stroller, slipped and spilled a little speck on yellow powder on him.
      Duck pond crowd started dispersing as the rest of the crowd was there a little earlier than us. We were there till the last song by DJ Amit which was 'Rang Barse' by 'Amitabh Bachchan'. Great song as it was, the crowd had dwindled down heavily.Earlier, the crowd in general was dancing to the music and enjoying themselves making it a good sight to watch. One female had shot Divya/Niya  dancing and later on as we reached our car to go back home, we saw her completely drunk being managed by her friend.
    It was nice on the whole. We may not have been able to enjoy it as much as it is kind of our first holi celebration.