Ayudha Pooja

October 20, 2007 is Ayudha Pooja day and is a public holiday in India. SMD Technology India celebrated Ayudha Pooja on the morning of Friday 19 October and after that have their day off. Ayudha Pooja is the day for owners and workers of shops or business establishments to dust their work premises and to worship the tools of one's trade. So if one works with his computer, one's computer will be dusted and worshipped, likewise be it pen, pencil, machines, lorries, etc.

Dharani, Gurusamy and Gopi standing at the entrance to the factory.

Inside SMD office. Offerings to the Goddesses, oranges, cookies...and oil lamps. On closer look, there is rice, Indian cakes, bananas, muruku,...offerings to the Goddesses. On the same day, pooja is also perform for Goddess Saraswathi.
Dharani conducting the pooja.
Rama at his desk. Flowers for his work station.

Gopi, new sales engineer for Chennai, undergoing training in Bangalore.
Vijayalakshmi at her work station.
Bala at his work station.
Gurusamy at his work station
G opi and Vijayalakshmi standing behind the window inside the office.
Shankar doing his paper work.
Poornima and Anasuya checking and coiling jumbo roll of carrier tape.
Srikanth and Dharani at the carrier tape machine.
Kasthuri and Shashiprabha.

Dharani and Sudhakar.
Sudhakar, Anasuya and Senthil Kumar at the carrier tape machine.
Shashiprabha at the slitter.

Dharani and Vijai Annand at the milling machine.
Vijai Annand standing besides the milling machine.
Pooja for the air compessor by Sudhakar and Dharani.
Pooja for carrier tape toolings.

Pooja for work tools.
Pooja for more work tools.
Satish performing the pooja for the company van.
Satish standing besides the van after the blessing.