Ayudha pooja
ayudha pooja 2016 is the worship of the weapon. Aayudham literally means weapon. Individually, we all use weapons. What it means here is that the tool one uses in his or her profession, may be a pen in case of a writer, a machete in the case of a butcher, a computer and keyboard in the hands of a computer professional and so on.
It is believed that living and non living things, all of them have an element of the divine. It is by way of this symbolism that we have to pay obeisance to all those, living and non-living that Aayudha poojai is celebrated in Tamil nadu.
On this day, right from a spoon to a major machine, all instruments are cleaned, wiped, sprayed with sandal paste, kumkum applied on them with reverence, shown lighted camphor and made ready for the next day restart, while giving them one day rest.
It is on the Vijayadasami day, the day after Aayudha poojai that the instruments are started again for regular use, with the firm belief that the coming year will be better than the last.