VISHWAKARMA PUJA

The thing we create is the outcome.

The tools are the means.

The skill is what connects the two.

And Vishwakarma Puja is a moment to recognise all of it.

Who is Vishwakarma?

The Sanskrit name Viśvakarman can be understood as “the all-maker” or “maker of everything.” In the ancient Rigveda, Vishvakarman appears as a cosmic creator—a divine force associated with the making and ordering of the universe.

Over centuries of Hindu tradition, this idea evolved into the figure we know today: Vishwakarma, the divine architect and craftsman, regarded as the maker of extraordinary cities, palaces, chariots, weapons and other creations of the gods.

But perhaps the most interesting thing about Vishwakarma is not what he supposedly built. It is what he represents.

The act of making.

Vishwakarma Puja is traditionally observed by people whose livelihoods depend on skill, craftsmanship and tools. Artisans, carpenters, metalworkers, mechanics, engineers, builders, factory workers and many others clean, decorate and worship the tools and machinery they work with.

The tools are not merely objects. They are instruments through which knowledge becomes something tangible.

A hammer.

A chisel.

A machine.

A measuring instrument.

A workshop.

Each becomes part of the ritual.

There is something remarkably universal in this idea: to respect the hands that create, the minds that design, and the tools that make creation possible.

For Wumbaya, that connection is especially close to home.

Our tools are microphones, speakers, cables, mixers, computers, instruments, cases and everything else that allows sound to travel from one person to another.

They are how we do our work.

They are how we create.

They are how we connect.

So, on Vishwakarma Puja, we take a moment to appreciate not only the equipment, but the people behind it—the technicians, musicians, engineers, builders, artists and countless skilled hands whose work makes our shared world possible.

Happy Vishwakarma Puja.

May we keep making.

May we keep learning.

May we take care of our tools.

And may the things we create bring people closer together.

Love,

Wumbaya

17 September, 2026.