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 FUTURE  Momentous Day 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 the 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 Garba 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  accompanying them  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 .