Ganesha Themed Golu 2012

Happy Navarathri to everyone!

Visit our Ganesha-Themed Golu to know more about our most favorite deity Ganesha.

It was an interesting experience researching about Ganesha (for e.g. kuttu, thoppukaranam thulasi stories were new to me), collecting ideas about various crafts (art using coffee decoction, quilling, embossing), making them and explaining to all our visitors.

Special thanks to my husband who encouraged and supported me by taking care of three small kids (5 yr old boy and 1.5 yr old twin girls) while I devoted time to do this.

• Traditional 5-Step Golu with exclusive Ganesha collection is the 5th step

• Each step has a Ganesha in the center in a different material
1. Paper Mache
2. Enamel
3. Glass
4. Brass
5. Wood

• Navadhanya (9 pulses) Pillaiyar Kolam
• Brass lamps dressed as Shakthi and Sivan
• Ganesha Yantra (Self hand-made)
• Ganesha Symbolism (Self hand-made with Manjadi Kuru i.e. the beads we use for Ganesha’s eyes)
• Ganesha Sloga Description (Mooshika Vahana)

• 13 different stories of Ganesha (with self hand-made Ganeshas)
1. Birth of Ganesha
2. Cursing the Moon
3. Losing Tusk
4. Writing Mahabharatha
5. Assisting Murugar win Valli
6. Malai Kotti and Sri Ranganathar
7. Origin of Kaveri from Agasthiyar's Kamandalam
8. Cursing and Blessing Thulasi
9. Fruit of Knowledge
10. Blessing Avvaiyar by transforming her from an young girl to an aged woman
11. Kuttu Story
12. Thoppukaranam Story
13. Killing Kubera's pride

• 9 self hand crafted Ganeshas made exclusively for this golu
1. Om Coffee Om - Made of Coffee Decotion and Glitter Glue
2. Glitter Gajanana - Made of glitter glue in different colors
3. CD Vinayaka - Made of cut CDs and chamki
4. Beaded Bal Ganesha - Made of Kundan Stones, Beads and Pearls
5. Thermocol Tridhatri - Made of colored thermocol balls
6. Embossed Ekadanta on Velvet Cloth
7. Leafy Lambodara - Made of Plastic Leaves and Stones
8. Swasthik Sumukha - Made of stones with Ganesha Pancharathnam and Ganesha slogas written inside
9. Quilled Vakratunda - Made with paper strips

• Lightning McQueen Race Track made of thermocol for my 5 yr old son who is crazy about cars
• Thamboolam included Elephant Nethi Pattam with Ganesha on one side and Guruvayurappan on the other
• Older kids were gifted “Stories about Ganesha” book while the younger ones were thrilled about “Copy to Color” Ganesha book