It is the Sunday immediately before the festival; huge multi-coloured Ganeshas greet shoppers on the streets of Kosapet. For 27 years, artisan Selvarani P. and her children have built a life around making and selling clay dolls for different occasions. Artisans face many challenges such as decreased availability of mud and clay for making dolls and ban on firing the …
HYDERABAD: Rajalakshmi Ramana, a resident of Uttamnagar here, has organised a unique Bommalu Golu for the Navaratri festival, some of the dolls dating back to over 60 years. The 70-year-old former bank employee from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu has showcased dolls featuring Lord Rama, Goddess Sita and Lakshmana, with the theme being the Ayodhya and Kanchi Kamakshi temples Rajalakshmi told …
Navratri is a celebration of the holistic dimension of power of Shakti or the creative energy which is understood as feminine and at the basic level, the nine days of this Hindu festival turn into a social jamboree for women, where it is marked in South India at the Golu functions i.e. Golu, which means an assembly or darbar of …
