Our rich heritage.

The 'Navarathri' celebrations are fast approaching. One of the important activities that accompanies the celebrations is the traditional 'Bommai Kolu' (display and pooja of dolls depicting the gods and goddesses) in Brahmin households.

Traditionally, the dolls were made of clay but in recent years 'Plaster-of-Paris' is also used in the making of the sculptures and figurines of various sizes and colours.

For the 'Bommai Kolu', the dolls are arranged in odd number of rows and pooja is performed in front of the display every evening. Although there are a number of beliefs associated with the 'Kolu', the practical aspect of the tradition used to be the reuse of clay obtained from desilting of irrigation canals which tend to get blocked after the rains!

A wonderful cultural happening!!

Some other interesting information acquired for the day.

(a) POTUS - an acronym for the 'President of the United states'.

(b) Dog-in-law - the dog in your in-laws' house.