hApPy BeLls...

I realise the myth associated with the rituals of hinduism isnt fake nor is a layman's cup of tea. I am not very religious but i have faith on them and admire some festivities. Temples in india are awesome place of rich culture, blind faith, great architecture, years-old myth(story), several workers efforts and great indian heritage... not the least the age old hinduism rules. I always wondered on many things when I had been to a temple and one is this hanging bell @ the entrance of the dwara of any temple. Is god really asleep and we need to awake him/ her. Is it for our conscience to make us awake from our hushy fussy world that we are in the almighty's home ... or is it like we make others know we are inside a temple... or simply its a custom or just a myth that ringing the bell will make god listen to us and not our other fellow mates in the courtyard of a temple...
I am confused with my questions and dont know if i will get the answer. But as i child I always loved to ring the bell, put so high. My daddy used to lift me in his arms and put my small hands to reach the bell, thats tied up high.... I used to get great enthu and fun by just dashing the bell and the sound kept resonating in my ears for hours till am back home from temple. Always on my birthday, I had been to temple with Ma and Baba and I felt so sirine and pious from inside. May be that rejuvenates the soul and makes you feel good about yourself. May be I am a brahmin and still somewhere by hindu culture remains... I still live in my past and rejoice those memoirs of childhood. Day after tomorrow is my birthday as per the hindu calendar and I am sure my mom will visit temple, the old one( Cuttack Chandi) to pay Mata a worship for my being healthy, wealthy and fit and for sure her paryers do work out.

She is a typical mother who prays for her sick daughter now and then to the lord to give her courage to face the world and I will prove her faith on me again.