Best thing about Navratra is "Bhandara" for Poor

.I have never been a fan of worshipping and praying to almighty God. I respect those people who follow them and pray for a better tomorrow but I never found the logic behind it. However there have certain times when I may have prayed, but that must have been at those times when life was most vulnerable for me or for my loved ones. And yes I have prayed once when I was batting while playing cricket too, like the great Sachin Tendulkar but this was  way before.

I know I am going to be criticised for what I am writing today, may be I will be declared an atheist by people. People may start hating me or think I am goofy, foolish, witless and berk but it doesn’t matter to me. I don’t have give a damn about Ram Mandir will be made or not. The only thing I know that my diabetic mother stays on fast going against the doctor’s advice and get sick. I can’t even count how many times I would have told her that her first priority should be health. But we know what these Moms answer, they say you will not understand and how vital it is to pray and do Bhajan. She doesn’t eat without doing the Puja any day. This is not only the story of my mom, there are many mothers out there who share the same feelings.

I am not writing this to criticise there practices, I too feel good when I go to these temples, Gurudwaras, mosques etc. but the problem is, how worshipping is going to help if we are affecting our health. People waste lot of money, oil, Milk, Clothes, Wine etc. for these practices.  What I think is, worshipping the god is not going to make them happy but helping a poor or needy ones will. But keeping everything on hold for the Puja doesn’t make sense to me.  

Today was the Final day of Navratra and I realised this is what everyone should do rather than wasting time, money and energy on these practises. I saw many Bhandaras out on roads providing free meals to people. This is the best thing I like about the Hinduism of all the stuffs we do to make our god happy. I think, God could only be happy if we do our work honestly, do not create any harm to others and help the needy ones.