Shreenika Krishnashankar
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We are keeping Golu last 3 years
We consider our Golu special because it is a blend of tradition, culture and modern customs
The golu focusses on a wide variety of themes and has innumerable dolls each conveying a message,,
Every year a new theme is added to the golu,,
Apart from the standard set of dolls in 9 rows themes added are
1. Rama avatar - the story from birth of lord rama is represented by the various dolls-For example, right from Ramar Jananam to Sita’s Swayamvaram to Sita being held captive in Ashoka Vanam followed Ravana Vadham till Ramar Patabishekham
2. Krishna Avatar- The story of lord krishnas avatar, the leelas at gokulam, the killing of the various asuras sent by kamsa are explained by the various beautiful dolls.We have captured Krishna’s jananam in jail, Krishna Leela, Radha Kalyanam, Kamsa Vadham. Boodha Neivadham, Narakasura Vadham, Kurukshetra War until Vishwaroopam through the various golu dolls
3. The life history of baba is depicted by 3 rows of dolls
4. The entire life sequence from birth is also illustrated by the golu dolls.We have captured various phases of human life right from birth till 60th Birthday involving various customs like Pen Parkum Function(Bride seeing function), Viradham, Janvasam, Oonjal, Wedding, Ammi Mithithal, Arundhathi, Thattu Sadham, Seemandham, Ear Piecing, Upanayanam etc
5. Dolls representing School, village, the epic of ponniyinselvan,also find a place in our Golu..
6. Andal jananam, ramanujar, dasavataram,andaal kalyanam are part of our colourful Golu..
7. Dolls featuring Kailasam, Vaikuntam, Garuda Seva, Tirupathi, Girivalam, Ganapathy pooja also find a place in our Golu