NAVARATHRI: A celebration of womanhood

The Golu symbolizes the diverse forms of Creation that have been given birth to by the Mother. She has breathed life and colour and stature intoe ach one of her creation and each is unique and divine in its own right. The array of colourful dolls reflect but a small piece of this exquisite Universe.

The golu is a matter of personal pride and achievement to the family members who work towards making it attractive and eye-catching. Usually, the families, especially married women visit each others homes in the evenings and "ooh" and "aah" over the exquisite dolls. Each doll is inspected and exclaimed over. Often, family heirlooms are also bought out and placed on display. I remember in each Golu that we had, a small image of Lord Krishna would hog the limelight by being right up there on the top step. It was a doll that my grandmother has played with as a baby and my father took extra special care while packing and unpacking it. Every year that it was taken out, we would listen patiently to the story of how it was bought for JUST an anna and the merits of natural paint and so on and so forth. After the nine days were over, he would take it down lovingly, wrap it in gauze and cotton wool and then with a double layer of newspapers and place it reverentially in the box- to sleep till next year's Navarathri.

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