Significance of Navartri Bommai Golu / Bommala Kolu / Gombe Habba
Sri Vedanta Desikar Ghatotagaja Traditional Tamilian Wedding Vishwarupam Ratnaharam Nitya Soorigal Navaratri is a time when many homes in the southern states of India especially in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have a festivity of nine days of celebrations with colours, vratams, music, and food. A significant part of the Navaratri festival in this region includes the tradition of the Bommai , which is a creation of an assembly of dolls that signify the richness and diversity of life. (Bommai means doll, and Golu means the display or artistic display). 'Golu' in Tamil and 'Kolu' in Telugu. It is believed that this creation is born from the Mother Divine, and Navaratri is the time for one to remember, revere and worship the source - the Devi. Navratri is celebrated four times a year: In one year period, four Navarathri are observed and devoted for attribution on the lotus feet of Mother Goddess. Of the four Navarathri that two Navarathri, namely o...