Lord Varuna Vs Lord Ganesha

Being a saturday, and office being a holiday, I never came out of my bedsheet till 10.00AM though sunlight was trying its level best to wake me up before.
I can understand your eagerness in asking me a question like this " Have you ever woke up early in the morning? " :)

Climate was hot. Temperature must have been almost near to 40 degress. I realised this when i had to take my mom out to bank and purchase items required for Ganesh Pooja.Mercury should have shoot up high when compared to the last few days in Chennai. I was not able to take up my vehicle..You could see only a very limited number of people in the roads. Are they taking up rest at their homes after seeing the climate prevailing out? I guess then its a wise decision.

Situtation was completely different when time was around 4.00 clock in the evening. You could see clouds in and around the skies. Dont ask me was it just 4.00 Clock when skies were covered with clouds? I am not sure as i was under my bed sheet again :) till 4.00 Clock.

As the level of mercury came down, we could see smiles in the faces of people at Nanganallur . They appeared busy with their preparations for Ganesh Chathurthi. Though this time, this event turned out on Sunday people never lost their interest in Celebrating this. As expected, the Tamil Satellite channels has come up with some special programs on the event of Ganesh Chathurthi.

People were busy with their preparations that made them unaware of One day International Cricket between Lord Varuna and Lord Ganesha.

To remind them of the match between Lord Varuna and Lord Ganeshs here is just an update to them

Lord Varuna Vs Lord Ganesha
Venue: Nanganallur,Chennai
Type of Match : Day Night Match

Umpire: Mahadevan Krishnan

Date: 26th August 2006

Lord Varuna has been putting up their best in the past few months. They appear to be in form. This has been evident from their recent Ranji Trophy Performances in Mumbai,Surat, Orissa,Andhra Pradesh and the most recent one at Rajasthan. They have been giving more than what is expected out of them. They have been in headlines of almost all the news channels for almost more than 2 to 3 months.News Channels have been involved in bringing out the achivements(Incessant Rainfall!) of Lord Varuna for this period.

Lord Ganesha is not in form for quite some time. It was way back in 1995 Lord Ganesha was last in form and created a history of Milk Miracle by indicating a sign that a great soul has descended. Almost a decade after, he came to lime light recently again back with the same controversy. But this time he was joined by Goddess Durga even:) I am not sure if it was just the media who created this hype.


So it appears as if match is going to be really a tough one atleast by seeing the reports by Media. Is that not? Who is going to win? Lord Varuna or Lord Ganesha!!!

Well toss was won by Lord Varuna and elected to bat and hence Lord Ganesha was put to field. Everything was ready and crowd were cheering up them(you can imagine of a day before Festival in the markets!!!). Every one was supporting Lord Ganesha as it was his day the next day.

Everyone was sitting to the edge of their seats. Time was around 5.00 PM in the evening. Lord Varuna started their innings with a boundary. First few overs were tight and varuna settled down for One's and Two's. It slowed down a little when it was around 15 overs. It appeared as if Lord Ganesha has taken over. Everyone was expecting Lord Ganesha to win. But then slowly when the overs reached around 40 Lord Varuna reached almost was in a comfortable position though they lost almost 7 wickets. It was the tail enders whose performance in the last ten overs made them set a target of 305(Very heavy Rainfall !) almost 6 runs per an over for Lord Ganesha.

It was time for break. Thought i would finish my dinner in the mean time. For a change, i thought of having it out at hotel. After having a heavy dinner consiting of my favourite Onion Rava Dosa and Masala Dosa i settled down for a seat at the stadium not able to take a step foward.
Well the next innings by Lord Ganesha was supposed to start around 9.30 PM. Everyone was ready to witenss how well Lord Ganesha makes a comeback after giving Lord Varuna almost 6 runs per over. Thats when the most unexpected thing happened.

There was no chance that match can continue seeing the prevailing conditions out there in the ground. Well after discussion, umpire Mahadevan Krishnan had to call off the match..Yes Match was abandoned due to poor lighting conditions.


Yes power went off in Nanganallur around 9.30PM and came back around 10.30PM:)

Rains almost played a spoilsport on the business of the people on the eve of Ganesh Chathurthi. People selling out flowers for more than 20 Rs came down to almost 5Rs after seeing the rains. They all reduced their prices on the assumption that people would not come out for purchase. In one way it was good so that these sellers dont exploit people to pay out more on the eve of Ganesh Chathurthi. But still it was not good on the part of Varuna to bring in rainfall today. But atleast these kind of rainfall should bring up the water table at Nanganallur so that people donot suffer from Water problem. Thanks to the rain water harvesting plan taken by Government !

You cannot locate a single vehicle in roads on my way back from Hotel and roads were getting filled with water from incessant rain for almost more than 2 hours. This reminded me of the afternoon where no one could be seen on the roads as it was hot. So it clearly indicates people can never tolerate both the extremes. They want a balanced life( As obvious they expect a mixture of Joy and Sorrow)