Off the hustle bustle life…it was my first Navarthri Golu

Last night I put all my dolls to sleep as Navarathri came to a close. With enough and more of photos and videos taken, Kumz and I bid adieu to our first Golu. I don’t know… for some reason I felt sad to put the dolls back though I am aware that its customary and they will certainly come back the next year. Though its not a thematic elaborate Golu, both of us celebrated this with a lot of passionate and devotion…our first Golu was a bundle of fun with a big gathering of friends and relatives. We had a three step Golu, very artistically set-up in our drawing room with all the new Golubommais we bought from Khadi Gramodhyog Bhavan and Poompuhar on Mount Road.

The Golu also had a little village set up beside the steps. We called it the ‘Sambha Village’ (no logical reason behind the name) with two huts, a potter making pottery, a masonbreaking bricks, a worker carrying the bricks to the bullock cart, a blacksmith working at his shop and a small pond with swan were some elements placed in the village set up. Along with this we grew mustard and methiseeds beside the pond and also placed a temple at the side. The entire set up looked really splendid with those blue LED lights.
It was nine days of hectic work with serving the guests visiting the Golu, making different varieties of Sundal and presenting ‘Thambulam’ and gifts for the women. It was great fun and a real break from the corporate working women’s life! Away from the monotony, hustle bustle, push and pull!!! I just love going back to my roots and following these traditional practices.