Friday, October 8, 2010

Festivals:Navaratri

Navaratri

Today is the first day of Navaratri.

Here are a few photographs of the Golu bommais on display at Khadi Craft this year:

Big and small dolls with Dasavatharam on one side


Different dolls


Ambal with paavai vilakku

Ganapathys!


Pillayar, Lakshmi, Saraswathi
Azhwars and Krishnan
Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswathi



A few new bommais I am seeing this year are:


Saptamaathas

 

Karumaari Amman


Vasudevar crossing Yamuna with baby Krishna and
Adiseshan protects them as an umbrella


Matsya, Koorma, Narasimha and
Venkatachalapathy avatharam together

Happy Navaratri to all!

9 comments:

  1. Wonderful bommais. Happy Navarathri
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  2. That was lovely. Always recall our visits to Khadi around Navratri. You have brought all the memories back with these pictures. :) I like the last picture best. Never seen anything like this one before. Wonderful!

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  3. akka, how much does the last perumal bommai cost? is it paper mache? it's been very very long since i visited khadi... ethana padi nammathula?

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  4. The pictures of the bommais are simply superb. Keep up your great work !!!

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  5. HAPPY NAVARATHARI . DISPLAY SHOWS A VARIETY OF COLOURFUL BOMMAIs .

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  6. @ Latha perumal is paper mache. not sure abt the cost, wl hv to chk. no golu at home this year :(
    @ Ramachandran & Krishnan thank you

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