This article first appeared In Indian Express on September 28, 2022
The festival of Navratri is celebrated predominantly by the Hindu community in India and all over the world, but in different styles.
While Garba and Dandiya are famous dance forms in Gujarat that are performed by revellers on all nine nights, the Bengali community participates in Durga Puja festivities in the last four days of the festival, wherein there is a lot of fasting and feasting, dhunuchi dance and other cultural programmes.
In the southern part of the country, there is a different kind of festive feel and extravaganza during Navratri, and it involves dolls and deities — the more the merrier.
Indianexpress.com had previously reported about ‘Bommai Golu’ or the ‘Navratri Golu‘, which is a decorated display of dolls and figurines, said to be an integral part of the festivities in South Indian households…