Wednesday, October 2, 2019

NAVARATHRI BOMBE (GOLLU) - 2019

Wednesday, 2nd October 2019
Bharthiya Vidya Bhavana, NammaBengaluru

Navarathri is Hindu Festival, celebrated for nine days (NavaRathri), culminating on the tenth day, celebrated as VijayaDashami. It is the most auspicious days in the year, celebrated with much fervor and activity. It is also to commemorate MaaDurga's win over demon Mahishasura, representing victory of peace and dharma over ego and adharma.




The nine forms of Goddess Durga(Parvathi) are:
1. ShailaPutri,
2. BrahmaCharini,
3. ChandraGhanta,
4/.Kushmanda,
5. SkandaMata,
6. Katyayini,
7. KaalaRatri,
8. MahaGauri,
9. SiddhiDhatri.

Tenth day is celebrated as VijayaDashami.




Dussahara, celebrated on the VijayaDashami day, with lighting of temples. In Mysuru, there are massive celebrations with lot of cultural and entertainment programs.



Navarathri Dolls (Golu) display is part of festivities, and some families display every year, adding new dolls to their collections and displaying for 10 days. Friends, relations and well-wishers visit the house and appreciate the Golu display.




This year, there was a special display of Navarathri Dolls at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru, by group of enthusiasts, including Sowmya Srikanth.


The display is superb with creativity and imagination of stories from Ramayana and Mahabharatha. Each unit tells a specific story from the epic, whether Seetha Svayamvara, Krishna Leela.





One of the fantastic creative representation is UDUPI SRI KRISHNA mutt and the surroundings.

Hats of to people who spent time and energy to present the beautiful exhibition of BOMBE (Dolls)

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