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Navarathri Golu at Madhya Kailash

The Navarathri Golu is celebrated with a great deal of enthusiasm not just at homes but in the some temples as well. The Madhya Kailash temple in Adyar is no exception. 

The minute I entered the temple, the first thing I noticed was the special golu. Huge golu steps lined  the entrance to the Ananda Vinayakar shrine. On either side, 7 steps were arranged, on which various golu dolls were displayed. Typical ones like the Ramayana set with Rama, Lakshmana, Seetha and Hanuman; Dasavadaram; Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati etc. There were some unusual ones as well - one such was a bronze idol of Sri Rama embracing his devotee Anjaneya. Another was a doll version of a  Ganapathi murthy enshrined here. What is unusual about this moorthy is that it is half Vinayaka and half Hanuman. (picture)

Every evening, between 6.00 and 7.30, women and children are given special thamboola prasadam. Members of a mahila club also conduct a special bhajan at the same time.

At the TTD Information Centre

The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam Information Centre has arranged for a Navarathri - Sravanam  special concert week. Each evening at 6.00 pm, famous Carnatic music exponents, both Vocal and instrumental, perform at the Centre.

The schedule is as follows:

October 2 -- Bombay Sisters -- Vocal
October 3 -- Smt Nithyashree Mahadevan -- Vocal
October 4 - Smt Mala Chandrasekar -- Flute
October 5 -- Smt R. Vedavalli - Vocal
October 6 -- Smt Sugandha Kalamegam - Vocal
October 7 -- Smt T. Rukmini & Sri. Ramakrishnan - Violin duet
October 8 -- Smt Raji Gopalakrishnan -- Vocal

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Photos & text by
Lavanya

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