My cousin has a daughter. When she was 3 yrs old, the Hindu mythological serial "Jai Hanuman" started broadcasting in Doordarshan. And she got attached to the serial soon. She was completely awed by the costumes and graphic effects and almost thot that every episode story was real. Also her granny, who was a regular viewer of the serial, told her all the stories of Lord Hanuman, along with her own interpretations. As soon as the title music of the serial started at 9:30 PM every Thursday, she would be the first one, to sit in front of TV, ahead of all others!
We never noticed, how strong it had got into her system, till one day her parents took her to a temple. There was a statue of Hanuman , and as soon as she saw the statue, she stood there for a while! And began to pray aloud:
Wheel bhakti vandanam jai hanuman!
Wheel bhakti vandanam jai hanuman!
Wheel bhakti vandanam jai hanuman!
And it went on non-stop......
Everybody in the temple started staring at her cos of this odd prayer(which was also very loud!). Later we found the reason behind this odd "mantra" with "wheel". The thing was the serial "Jai Hanuman" was sponsored by "Wheel" detergent powder and it was their way to say at the beginning and it between commercial breaks "Wheel bhakti vandanam jai hanuman!" This kid thot that it was the way to pray to Lord Hanuman, and had studied it by-heart. So when she saw Lord hanuman in a temple, she didn't think about anything else,and started saying the "wheel" version of the serial title as prayer for Lord Hanuman!
This is a just true instance which showed how commercialization affects small kids...and how truly innocent kids are!!!!
I think people would have taken it in funny way and laughed cuddling the child...but u observed it so kean and recollecting it today...thats very good...i m sure how chweet it would be to listen those kinda words from 3years kid...here i m missing kid's words...if we are at home, we wil b surrounded by our family kids, nieghbours....its really grt
ReplyDeleteYeah,That was good one.Kids are always imposible.
ReplyDeleteLOL.....that was fun 2 read....anyways what does VANDANAM mean???....does it mean.....sponsored by???.......what is the language???
ReplyDeletebala, the language is hindi. "vandanam" means an act to bow with respect(here, it meant literally!).It meant "wheel respectfully presents with faith "jai hanuman" (in short!!).
ReplyDeletethank god, they didnt say "Is karyakram ka prayojak hai, wheel"--which means "this pgm is sponsored by wheel"
-swathi
I remember u telling me abt this incident long back. But it still seems to be as hilarious as the first time.
ReplyDeleteLOL...really so cute & innocent!
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