Navarathri-Golu 2024 - 716

             NAVARATHRI- GOLU - 2024 

For reasons which are beyond me , Golu and Navarathri are always considered a festival of the Ladies as they hog all the limelight during the Nine Days of the Festival . 

 

All the Jewellery , both Originals and the Fake ones come out of their captivity from the Bank Lockers and are on display each evening for the Vettalai , Paakku , Pazham Function.  Kancheepuram Silk Sarees make their appearance , draped as they are on all the ladies of the house .  Both The Young  and the not so Young who thus far have been loathing the very name of a Saree venture out bravely into the delicate art of Draping the Saree around them and practice for that Momentous Day which is not all that much ahead . 

One stand out feature for the Males and especially the Youngsters in the House is the Sundal Prasadam in the Evening . Each day a different Variety of both the Sweet and Kaaram Varieties are a much looked after to  attraction. 

During College Days in Mumbai  wherein most of my Classmates were Gujaratees and very well to do Gujaratees at that , the chance to do a jig by shaking your hands and legs at the Ras and Dandya  each night during the Navarathri Festival was a much looked after to event as this went way past Midnight each evening . The loud music and the Percussion Instruments in company are sure to make even a very shy person break into a jig . 

Now to Shooldays , each Navarathri meant setting up a new Artefact each year at Kharagpur . My Mother used to be very good at conjuring up a new specialty each year . One that comes to mind is The Thiruvarur  Ther made out of Discarded Penisclein ( I am not sure of the Spelling and Goggle  Akka is also not helping me with the spell check ) Bottles . My job was to collect these bottles over a period of time from the Hospital which was close to our Bungalow . The Finished Thiruvarur Ther came out as a masterpiece and was the  talk of the town for quite a while . 

Now to the Present , Mami has only me at 74 at Agasthiarpatty  for the Navarathri and Golu Festival . Navarathri assumes and acquires a whole new meaning  as many things have to be done and got ready for this special occasion. 

Golu Petti has to be brought down from the Attic . Clay Idols most of which are even older than me have to be cleaned to make them Presentable. Some are beyond repair and sadly need to be discarded . The next job on hand is to get the Golu Padi ready . Making use of the available furniture at home to create a 5 Step Golu Padi takes some doing . 

Picture and Video of our Golu 2024 are attached . RADHA and KRISHNA  swinging to the music played by the Band behind them is the highlight , please watch the Video again !!! 

HAPPY NAVARATHRI WISHES TO ALL .