So this lady bangs on the gate's latch. "Madam", she says, "I see there is a mandara flower in your garden. Can I take it?" Apparently she worships her god with a mandara (hibiscus) flower every day and didn't find one today.
Being the pushable type that I am, I agreed, but many questions arose after she plucked it and thanked me profusely. Why would any god want a particular type of flower? Why on the statue or framed portrait particularly? Wouldn't god be happy to see the beautiful flower right there on the plant? How about the plant with yellow flowers in my garden that my pushy neighbour insists I remove? She says that the flowers are not to be used for pooja.
Of course, I used the very flowers during Gowri puja.
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