2011 Golu - By Raghuveer, Manase, Sumathi & Kailash

Submitted by kailash_sunder on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 10:23
Golu at our house is tradition that has been in practice for generations together. It also is a joint effort. What started as a small Golu when we were newly married in 2005 has grown to a full fledged traditional golu in the yeas that followed. In spite of being a working mom with 2 kids, we have always had the time and interest to create a theme every year for the golu. My daughter had visited Thirupathi last summer along with her dad and she was fascinated by the experience. So this year we chose Thirpathi as the theme keeping in mind the tamil month Purattasi as well, and painstakingly collected dolls related to the theme. Quite an effort it was. Then came the ideation and conceptualization phase which took us a few days and what you see here is the end result. The very natural looking mountain is made out of craft paper and very light in weight. We also wanted to put good use of the Bharatha Matha / Nehru which were handed down by my Grand Mother in law. The dolls are around 60 years old. So we chose to depict India and since the back bone of India is agriculture we have depicted that, Our daughter willingly shared her train set using which we have made the Thriupathi railway station. The Kathakali face Rangoli is done using pulses and acrylic colors depicts lord Rama. My little son who is 7 months old, is captivated by the colors and is always seen making a mad dash to the Golu , with my daugther in her pavadai / chattai running behing him which completes the picture :-) May you blessed by Godess Shakthi this Navarathri and in the years that follow as well.
radhika64
the park looks really good. lot of thinking has gone into it!
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 01:33 Permalink
vijaysowmya
Very nice arrangement of the dolls. that thirumala theme looks pretty.A nice kathakali face drawn for the golu. A very nice write up by you. all the best for the contest.
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 01:35 Permalink
lakshmiraghu
wow!!looks grand.park looks very nice...All the best
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 03:43 Permalink
veena manigandan
Tirupati is really nice. Good effort.
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 06:37 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Very neat arrangement...all d best:)
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 21:53 Permalink
smahalakshmi
Wow, Very interesting write up about the making of Golu 2011 by you and your family members. Nice team effort. I love this Thirumala set up very much. Looks so natural and realistic. Very nice Rangoli with Kathakali face. Very nice Golu arrangment and decorations done by you besides being a working mom with 2 kids. Applauds. All the best and keep it up.
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 23:36 Permalink
dibbutn
Lovely arrangement and glad to know about the story behind this. All the best.
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 23:42 Permalink
viji_j86
Nice Golu dear. Having two little children, manging the Golu will be a hard task for you i know. The Rangoli is nice. Nice arrangements. viji
Wed, 10/19/2011 - 03:15 Permalink
Janakannan
Very nice. The Tirupathi theme is very good. Kudos to your kids who were part of this.
Wed, 10/19/2011 - 17:09 Permalink
Radhikha 3
very neat arrangement and nice thirumala and water falls below that.. and hatts off to you being a working women you have done a great job all the best.
Wed, 10/19/2011 - 18:51 Permalink
Suguna Murugesan
wow nice decoration n thirmala theme! all the best for ur family!
Wed, 10/19/2011 - 20:15 Permalink
kameswari
Very nice effort of your family. Tirumala set is more beautiful. All the best.
Thu, 10/20/2011 - 02:27 Permalink
Anisha Raghunath
very nice golu i liked the tirumala set the most.....!!!all the best....!!!!
Thu, 10/20/2011 - 03:20 Permalink
Shibrudha
Good write up and a great effort.Parattukal
Mon, 10/24/2011 - 08:46 Permalink
Lata
Superb Kathakali rangoli in pulses! You're lucky to own dolls that are 60yrs old! Very nicely done Thirupathy theme. Kathakali rangoli looks amazing! Thank you for participating in our Navratri contest. Wish you a happy and a prosperous Diwali.:)
Mon, 10/24/2011 - 14:02 Permalink