My golu consists of 3 padis to the left, 3 to the right and one on the bottom. The Top padi from the left consists of Guruvayurappan, Ambal, Durga devi, Laxmi, Saraswati, Radha and Krishna, Rukmai and Vitthal, Kalasham and Krishna and Radha along with cows enjoying the flute played by Lord krishna.
The second padi from the left has Valli, Devyani along with Lord Kartikh, Ragavendra Guru, Vasudevan and krishna,Lord Visnu in garuda, baby Krishna in zoola, Balaji and padmavati.
The third padi has Ram, Laxman, Seetha and Hanuman, shankaracharya, Titwala Ganapathy, Shivan-Parvathy and many devis.
The bottom Padi has Chettiyar, fruits, vegetables and Marapachi.
I have decorated a gauri doll and have draped a blue saree proper 5.5 mtr along with jewellery decoration. She welcomes all the guest.
My sons helped me in making a small village near the Tirupathy temple, that we kept in the top of a mountain. All the grass and the plants in the garden are real.
Apart from the padis and normal Kolu I have a theme each year. This year my theme is "SAVE THE GIRL CHILD"
I painted various pictures in a ply and wrote a few captions in it, like Man thinks he is a HERO, but if he removes HER, he'll just remain a O. Real men dont use violence etc. In front of that i have kept Rajarajeshwari Devi, along with SouthIndian marriage and Rath Yatra on either sides.
I stay in Mumbai, I have a big social circle and people from many culture visit us for Haldi Kumkum. I wanted every lady to spread the message of saving the girl child...by educating their servant maid. I believe EACH ONE TEACH ONE. I had approx. 96 ladies visiting my house...even if 50% of the ladies follow what message i had to spread and act on it i will be satisfied. I circulated them printed sheets of the importance of self rights, acting against violence, educating girl child, fighting for their rights etc along with the help line numbers for women rights.
My theme has been appreciated by the Times Of India Bombay Times, on the 21st of October, Navratri Special in page number 21 as SOCIAL MESSAGE THIS NAVRATRI.
THANK YOU
Regards
Lata Ravi
In reply to Grand Golu with a social by Shibrudha