Navaratri Kolu

[ad_1] 3-step kolu The nine-day Devi festival – Navaratri – is probably one of the few festivals that is celebrated simultaneously across India. Each region has its own beliefs, traditions and rituals associated with it. The Brahmins of South India celebrate it as kolu. Astalaxmi or 8 forms of Laxmi in the foreground Here, idols of various gods and goddesses are placed on steps in odd numbers of 3, 5, 7, etc., and prayed to for nine days. Women visit each others’ homes, sing songs and give vathalai-paak1, haldi-kumkum2, and other marital symbols, to the visiting married women. All in all, it […]