Places impact you for a variety of reasons. And the same place impacts different people in different ways. This is especially true when it comes to spiritual experiences, where every single person’s experience is unique. And personally, every spiritual experience is unique, the same person can have different deeply spiritual experiences at different places, at different times. This thought has emerged because of my own experiences over the years, but especially so this year, with different and unique experiences at various places I have visited recently. I began this year with a visit to Baroda (Vadodara) with friends. It was meant to be a relaxed trip, a touristy trip, with our sons. We enjoyed ourselves to the hilt, but the highlight of that trip was a visit to the Lakulisha temple at Pavagadh. It was the iconography of the temple that I connected with, and I spent a few hours simply lost in the details of the figures carved around the temple. There was an indefinable connect with
Finally catching up with my Navaratri posts, here is the celebration at Fine Arts, Chembur. The Bommai Kolu is just as grand as ever, the 15 steps towering over everyone!
Here are a few glimpses of the beautiful toys that adorn this golu.
But the most interesting thing here is the side decoration, which depicts a story through hand crafted dolls. This time, the story is - Shankuntalam!
I will let the display tell its own story....
That't it, as far as Golus this year are concerned. I will hopefully have something more to write for the last couple of days of the festival, so stay tuned!
There are three additional steps this time, added on the side!
Here are a few glimpses of the beautiful toys that adorn this golu.
I will let the display tell its own story....
Birth of Shakuntala |
Shakuntala is raised by Kanva Rishi |
Shakuntala meets Dushyanta |
Shakuntala and Dushyanta are married |
Kanva Rishi decides that Shakuntala be sent to Dushyanta's palace |
Shakuntala loses the ring given by Dushyanta |
At Dushyanta's court. he does not remember Shakuntala, till the fisherman produces the ring |
Bharata - the one who gave his name to the country |
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