Friday, October 07, 2011

Giveaway Winner and a Shubho Bijoya

Sorry, I have been awfully late in declaring the winner. Couldn't help it. It was Durga Pujo after all. Not that we did a lot given that the Pujo this time spanned across all week days. But we did manage to wear our sarees, offer anjali, eat Bhog, see arati and even a bit of sindoor khela at the wee end of Bijoya evening.We also saw the wonderful Golu set up at the Krishna Temple near our home and had quiet a nice Pujo in our own quiet way. And late at night when we sat down to watch the glamorous Durga idols with their artistic mandaps in far away Kolkata via the Dish, the heart didn't even miss a beat. My transformation I guess is complete.

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Ma Durga and her Family

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Flowers for the Goddess

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Offering Flowers

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Simple setups

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The Goddess


And now to the winner which I decided through Random.org. I first put the name of all commenters in an excel sheet, eliminating duplicate comments.
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Then I generated the random number through Random.org which was 13. This was Miri in the excel sheet. So the winner of this giveaway is Miri who blogs at Peppermill Recipes.

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On a lark I clicked on the Random Number Generator again and this time it was 32. This was Usha, the second to last commenter.

Good sense prevailed and I closed my browser to never hit the Generate button again.

So both Miri and Usha get to pick their choice of gifts. But since Miri was the first winner I will go with her charity CSA - a corporate initiative by Kale consultants to support adoption in India.Both Miri and Usha please contact me by e-mail (sandeepa(dot)blog(at)gmail(dot)com).

Shubho Bijoya to you all and I will be back soon with a Nimki recipe. Promise.
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8 comments:

  1. Priya SreeramOctober 08, 2011 3:01 AM

    Hi Bong Mom- nice to know u had a great puja - I had also commented on your giveaway announcement post- funny I don't see my comment now; anyways congrats to the winners

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  2. notyet100October 08, 2011 5:52 AM

    Luv the pooja pics:)

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  3. MiriOctober 08, 2011 9:47 AM

    Yaay!!!! The first time I have won in a Giveaway!! :) Thanks so much Sandeepa and more importantly that you are generously contributing to CSA. This is in fact the Joy of Giving Week in India and GiveIndia.org has many initiatives planned to raise funds for more then 250 NGOs. One of them is CSA - contributions to these NGOs will be matched by Give India.

    Lovely pics of the Goddess - we have enjoyed Pujo here for the third year and since I couldnt visit the pandals this year, my friends lovingly made time to come over for dinner after pandal hopping.

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  4. AditiOctober 09, 2011 8:19 AM

    Subho Bijoya to all of u sandeepa! Excellent Puja photos...:)

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  5. indosungodOctober 09, 2011 10:34 AM

    Sandeepa,

    Glad to hear you made your celebrations in the way that best places you. Congratulations Miri and Usha.

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  6. UnknownOctober 10, 2011 12:50 PM

    Congrats to the winner and happy bijoya dear.

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  7. ChamOctober 11, 2011 11:24 PM

    Congrats to the winners.
    Glad to hear u had a wonderful pooja.

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  8. hcgNovember 25, 2011 4:26 AM

    Very exclusive photo and article thanks for sharing.

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