Dear All, We have created a lot of innovative concept for this year. The first image is we have decorated the kuttu villakku as goddess lakshmi, saraswathi and durgai. The second image is a high tech city where you can find apartments, school,fruit stall, restaurant made by ourself. After the pooja is done by singing navaratri songs, we give the guests prashadam and gifts. The main joy of this nine day festival is family reunion and joyous celebration. Thanks for reading, Sooriya

We have a unique pattern of arrangement and and the theme is The Concept Kailash....come and enjoy if you want to experience Kailash...the story of Gyananapazam...

hi all, the first photo was taken during velakku pooja which happens on a friday during golu. here we tie up the saree for the kuthu vilakku and decorate it as god. then kunguma pooja is done for it. the next snap is the new arrival paar kadal. which clicked out very well and has got good appreciations from the guests. its a great feel to see people moving out happily after the pooja, eith two types of prasatham every day, thaambulam and gifts. people who wish to sing are allowed to do. this year special is the gifts which we made for others. and here i would like to thank my daughter who is 2 and half yrs ols. coz of her patience we were able to concentrate on arranging the dolls. then the little chaps near by who come here to join and sing along. then aval vikatan for this contest... which induce our thoughts and boost up our creativity... thanx a lot.

We are celebrating golu for more than 50 years and have got the below highlights in this year Golu: • 7 Paddigal • Vishnu Leelaigal • Chotanikkarai Bagavathi Amman • Sabaraimalai Ayappan • Parvathi Kalyanam • Cricket, Dhayam, Carrom • Dasavadharam • Ashta Lakshmi • Karkaala Vazhkai Murai mudal Nagariga Vaazhkai Murai varai • Jesus Christ • 786 emmadamum sammadam • Chetti nattu kaigari market • Mayuram kadaimuga theerthavari • Samcheer kalvi • Ghandi Adigal Sudandira poratta thoguppu • 2 – G Spectrum issue • Mini Park • Varthatchani ozhippu thirumanam • Egypt Pramidugalin thoguppu • Govindapuram Vittal Swamigal • Naalvar • Dhiyana Beedam • Chidambaram Nattiyanchali

Eventhough,We are staying in Navi Mumbai for last 15 years, after my Marriage, We never skip to keep our Traditional Golu at our Home with a schematic theme every year related to our Indian culture to motivate the children. Almost 120 to 150 visitors will at our Home in 9 days every year. This year we have made a conceptual theme on 'SHAKTHI PEEDAM'. We have displayed the various location of GODDESS PARVATHI'S Ornaments fallen in different parts of this present living earth and received a very big crowd this year and published in various Newspapers and Local TV Channels. The places displayed are 1) Indrakshi Nagabhooshani-SriLanka-Silambu 2) Sri Nandhikeswari-West Bengal-Necklace 3) Sri Kasi Visalakshi-Uttar Pradesh-Ear Raings 4) Sri Kanchi Kamakshi-Kanceepuram-Tamil Nadu-Ottiyanam 5) Sri Vimaa Mata-West Bengal-Greedam 6) Sri Arpana Mata-Bangaladesh-Left Kolusu 7)Sri Bharamarambhika-Andra Pradesh-Right Kolusu 8) Sri Gayatri Devi-Rajasthan-Two Bracelets. Thanks and JAI MATA DI - SAKTHI PEETHA BOOMA SUNDARARAJAN A 201 BALAJI GARDENS, SECTOR-11,KOPARKHAIRANE NAVI MUMBAI 400709 MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

we are keeping golu for past 21 yrs.. we think of a new theme each and every year. this year we thought of using sweet corn for first three days and then we have used nelikai in this drops. steps are formed in the circular form with lotus mould pinned in the steps to show as lotus pond and kodai mould has been fixed on top to show that the main goddess is under shade.In simple words our theme is "sollakatil golu" and "neelikai thotatil golu"

வணக்கம் ஜட்ஜஸ்... இது இந்த வருஷம் எங்க வீட்ல கிளிக் பண்ண கொலு போட்டோஸ்.. கண்டிப்பா உங்களுக்கு புடிக்கும்னு நெனைக்கிறேன். புடிச்சா வோட் போடுங்க.. Thank you..

The golu stand is hexagon shaped;the internal structure is made of steel and the steps are made of wood.It was fabricated by our mama almost twenty years ago.Please see the photo of the frame.It is really unique.They have grown old and have discontinued the golu. We were fascinated by this stand and decided to continue keeping the golu in this stand.This is the fourth year of this stand. Some of the bommais displaye are more than 40 years old to today. regards, Meena Kalyan and family.

hi friends & aval viewers, This year our golu theme is Kovil Thiruvizha in 1975. through our golu lot of autograph moments many viewers felt. In temple one side Kathani vihza , Karumpu thotle, Man soru, Arasamarthadi Pillaiyar and all. Music & Dance show was going in this temple. before temple there is lot of shops ie, swamy picture, Malai, Lemon malai, Archani thatu, Prayer thotle and Plastic vessels shop and ear rings shop also there. in Street every house with smart compound and kolam is our special. in Thiruvizha Valukumaram Eruthal, Thimithi, Ther is our special. some girls are played in old games like, Pallankuli, Pandiyaduthal, Adupuliyattam etc., and In village street in one house Mattu tholuvam is very special. All viewers are prized for wall posters and Ads and also virati in wall. We prepare golu for our happiness. this time is very special to share all of you. If you feel this is good please vote for us

We normally arrange Kolu based on a Theme. This year theme (2011) is "Sundara Kandam". We tried to compress the entire "Sundaram Kandam" in such a way that even kids by seeing our kolu understand this part of Ramayana .We have captured right from 1) Ravan disguise ( "Marichan" ),2) Hanuman being selected as the person in search of Sita 3) Seeking Lord Ramas blessing, then followed by 4) Hanuman over the seas, Hanuman in small size fighting with devil , finding Sita in 5) Asokavanam, 6)Meeting Ravaan in his kingdom ,7)Setting fire for (Lankeshwara)Ravana kingdom ( HIghlight of our kolu ) , then meeting Rama and saying 8) "Kandan Seethaiyai" and the final most ( in Sundara Kandam) - 8) Alinganam - a rare doll where Ram hugs Hanuman. People who visited our kolu appreciated the minutedetailing like Hanuman over seas,Small hanuman in-front of devil,fire @ Raavan palace,Hanuman have a glance at Asokavanam ensuring that sita is safe post fire at Raavan palace,Raavan palace decoration etc. We have also merged this year Kolu with Subtheme -STOP CORRUPTION.Key message that we tried to communicate in this Subtheme "POOR BECOMING POORER","RICH BECOMNIG RICHER" as the AFTERMATH of SCAMS.INDIA can be a developed country is these SCAMS are stopped.

theme: story of lord krishna(image 2) made by mr.v.radhakrishan the full view of this golu is uploaded in youtube. "golu 2011 at mr.radhakrishnan home medavakkam" we have also shown INDO CHINA TREATY(PLZ SEE THE VIDEO) view the full video and please vote for us...THANK YOU and i wish you a happy navarathri

hi everbody. Welcome to our golu. This year we have arranged our golu in 7 steps adorned by the dolls of gods, demi-gods, alwars, achariars, sangeetha mummurthis. We have displayed the garuda sevai in the floor. Also, we have displayed forest life (animals and tribals), village life and city life in the floor. The Petrol bunk, IT park, Police station, Hero Honda showroom, couple of wooden houses, water well, Post box, street lights were handcrafted by us. Hope you all will enjoy viewing. Suganthi Srikanth, Madurai.

Navarathri golu has been a part of our family traditon for the past few decades.We always celebrate it in a simple manner.Making prasadams like chundals,sweets etc., inviting relatives and friends,singing devotional songs, distributing prasadams along with gifts etc is a part of navarathri function. We always keep two sided 7 feet tall 'golu padi' which is arranged with idols of gods,kalyana set,chetiyar-chettichi,velakku pooja set,etc. A special space is given for every little girl's favorite - dolls and soft toys.

Golu at Jain Nagar

These dolls are nearly 200 years old. It is called Gowri dolls and are almost extinct now. These dolls are of 3.5 feet and the specialty is, it can be dismantled to separate pieces... It can be decorated as any God - be it Rama, Shiva or Murgan - anything. This time we have made Meenakshi Sundareshar Kalyanam (with Gundodaran) and Sabarimalai Ayyappan. All the decorations you see -dress, hair, ornaments etc are 100% hand made and decorated.

We have been celebrating navarathri for the past 42 years. We have filled our dolls in two rooms and we have themes for each. We have also kept the krishna leelai including about 56 dolls and rama jananam also. We have kept seperately thirupathi thirumaili which includes garuda sevai, hundi, garudar darshan, golden gopuram, 3 aathi sankarachaariyaaras' visit and brahmotsavam celebration. This time we have given 350 thaamboolams to ladies including our relations, neighbours and many other religion people. By rhis we can increase our friends cirle. We thank vikatan for this wonderful oppurtunity to exhibit our kolu to the world

Welcome to our Golu.. We have arrranged Astalakshmi set, Dhasavadharam set, Shiva ans sakthi, Dhakshnamoorthy, Hayakrivar, kalyanam set, Ramar Set, Andal Rengammannar,Brindavanam, Govardhana Giri,Garudaservai, Ulagalandha Perumal,Kalinga narthanam and more. If u do like our golu, dont forget to vote..Thanx

Happy Navratri to everyone. We welcome you all to our house for this year's Golu. This time, the highlight of our Golu is the 'Chennai Central' set. Apart from that, we have an intricately designed 'Kuthu Vilakku Amman'. Also, we have done a lot of craft work on various other sets to make the entire setup look grand and special. Hope you all like it.

we have selected a theme called vishnu puranam describing the five forms of lord vishnu.we have shown few landmarks like chennai central station, chennai airport, semmozhi poonga.also shown a cricket stadium and tirumala temple and a waterfall.we have also decorated our entrance with lights and rangoli.I f you like our golu,vote for us. thank you. Happy Navratri.

We celebrate the golu festival for the last 20 years.We have thasavatharam set,astalakshmi set,Arupadai veedu murugan set,kalyanam, kalyana oorvalam set,Srinivasa kalyanam,sathyanarayanar pooja,meenakshi vilaku pooja,karthigai pengal,pittuku man sumantha kathai,ramar pattapishekam set, Thatshanamoorthy set,uppiliyapan set,gugan odam set,govarthanagiri malai set,ravanan tharbar set,settiyar set. We decorate saraswathi statue with jewels, iyyappan with 18 steps.etc. This year we bought Guruvayurappan,Vinayar vathiya set,Dhanvanthari perumal set.

We celebrate "kolu" every year and this time we feel like putting in these pics for VIKATAN KOLU CONTEST. Thanks for vikatan Vote FOR US IF U LIKE THESE PICTURES and thanks...

GOLU being celebrated at our home in Plano, TX, USA. Hope you all like the pictures as well - Vijaya Srinath

‘Golu’ brings home pleasure and treasure. It gives us a chance to rethink about the worldly things. It is a nice occasion of meeting friends, relatives and other people. It reminds us to upgrade our level of living.

Golu gives a sense of satisfaction when we see happiness and smile on the people especially young children visiting our home for the nine days during Navarathiri golu.This inculcates inspiration in young minds and many children are requesting their parents to keep golu at their homes too.We have the habit of depicting themes message in the golu so that people would get something out of it.This time, apart from traditional golu kept in 7 steps, we have also displayed items to denote "We accept all religions" popularly known as "Emmadamum Sammadam".We also keep small boards here and there so that people will come to know about what is being displayed.We have created forest and mountain to convey the message that we should save nature

Welcome to our Golu 2011 We are celebrating Navarathri since 1994 and this is our 17th year.In our Golu we have an 60 year old sivan parvathi set which we got from our grand parents. We have arrranged lord Kallazhagar set,Sivan parvati set,Renganathar set, madurai city surrounded by 8 mountain set( Nagamalai, Pasumalai, yanaimalai,Alagarmalai,Girimalai, Thirupparankundrammalai, Pazhamudirsolaimalai,Rakkayaee malai), Ravanan Dhargbar, Raman-Guhan-Sabari set, Teppakulam set girl thala yati bommai set,chettiyar set,animals in zoo set,park set and more. If u do like our golu 2011, dont forget to vote. Encourage us by Voting our golu. Moreover we invite relatives to our golu and make them enjoy by providing gifts with nice dinner.

We have been keeping golu for more than 20 yrs.our main golu arrangement is the same with almost all idols of Gods and Goddesses. Every year we try different themes. This time we have chosen the theme of tamil month's festivals like, chithirai- tamil new year 2. vaigasi- visagam 3. aani - natrajar thirumanjanam 4. aadi - amman vazhibadu 5. avani - gokulashtami 6. puratasi- brammorchavam & navaratri 7. ippasi - deepavali 8. karthigai - thiruvannamalai deepam 9. margazhi- vaigunda ekadasi 10. thai- pongal 11. masi- maha sivaratri 12. panguni - sri rama navami

Hi, The pictures are same as Mahalakshmi,Bangalore. Re-uploading as i missed to describe the golu. Every year, we select a different theme , mostly to show the beauty of a city. This time , it is Wayanad in Kerala. It is a tourist spot. We have kept almost all the places.Suchipara water falls,Pookote Lake,Thirunelli temple,Edaikal caves,Tholpetty wild life sanctuary and the bamboo cottage resort where we stayed....Ente Veedu. In the main golu arrangement, there are 5 steps. The highlights are Ramar Pattabhishekam,Dasavatharam,legends of classical music and a family celebrating Pongal in a village.

Our warm Navarathiri wishes to all....We are celebrating the kolu festival for 22 years. We have astalakshmi set, dhasavadharam set, pattabishegam,shiva ans sakthi, dhakshnamoorthy, hayakrivar, sathya naarayana set,kalyanam set, sangeetha mummoorthigal, chidambara natarajar.The main highlight is impon statue of lord thiyagaraja....Extreme care has been taken in arranging the dolls and we enjoy the festival by visiting all our relatives.

We are celebrating Navaraathri festival (Kolu) for the first time in Bangalore. We have durga, lakshmi and saraswathi at the top most step, renganathar on the second, dasavatharam and Kalasam on the 3rd, Krishnar and gopika on the 4th step and chettiaramma, chettiar ayya on the last plus few other dolls. We also have a rangoli in the last step.

For the past 5 years we are keeping Kolu in our home. It gives us lot of joy, happiness and refreshment. It is a remembrance of one of our old traditions. Happy Navarathiri to all. Thanks for "Aval Vikadan" to give this oppourtunity to upload our kolu photo.

We have kept golu for the past 25 years. This is the first time we are sending a couple of pictures for vikatan potti. if u like it please vote for us.

A FEW IMPORTANT SPOTS IN USA HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED IN GOLU. ALL ARE 3D STRUCTURES LOOKING QUITE REAL. MAINLY STATUE OF LIBERTY, CAPITOL HILL, WHITE HOUSE AND GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN THE NIGHT VIEW HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED.

The main Golu arrangement has the ashtalakshmi set,Band set, wedding set and dasavatharam. We have made a shivaji palace out of paper for this Golu.

Golu has been my passion since childhood. I have continued this tradition for the last 20years even while living outside India. My Golu consists of the main padis and a theme each year. This year my theme was the story of Kanyakumari. My Golu is a 3D golu with 7 padis in the front, 3 padis on each side and 1 padi on each connecting the 3 padis to the main front Padi. The Perumal, Sridevi and Bhudevi dolls are marapachi dolls decorated by me. The kavachams, kreedams are all handmade with rhine stones and some crystal stones.

Hi thozhigale, The speciality of this year kolu is different postures of lord ganesh in second photo.We are celebrating NAVARATHRI for the past 15 years. If you like the way I have presented the kolu please do vote for me.

Navarathri kolu is one of the Traditional Hindu Custom followed from time unknown. In our house,the following are kept for display.Arupadai Veedu,Astalakshmi,Vinayagar Katcheri, Lalithambigai , Karthigai pengal with Lord Muruga as child are few on display.These brings back memories of puranas and divine mythology. A " PARK AND MINI-VILLAGE" setup is the highlight of this year Navarathri Kolu. LET US APPRECIATE OUR HINDU TRADITION AND CELEBRATE IT WITH ITS NATURAL AROMA. JAI HIND!

Our Golu has Cricket, Krishna lela, African safari, General traditional setup and highlight is Marapachi kalyanam celebrated with Kannoonjal, Pachapudi sutral, Paal pazham, Maalai matral and Paanigrahanam.

we are keeping golu for nearly 40years,we started our golu with a small box but now we are keeping it in a room.the theme of our golu is "arupadai veedu".in our golu with amman idol.if you like our golu please vote for us.thank u.

Since Navarathiri is a Durga Lakshmi Saraswathi Festive,we have set the golu in the "saamy" room itself......Everything Falls in the feet of lord Krishna.....so has the golu....hope u vote for this

we are celebrating golu for more than 20 years... The first picture shows "Tamil matha thiruvizha" and "Beach" and the second one with "Amarnath pani lingam"

Main Golu - Contains Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Durgai, Astalakshmi with 7 steps. 2nd picture theme - Abirami battar - Goddess Abirami coming to the rescue, when he is tortured by the king over fire.

we celebrate the kolu festival for 10 years. we have astalakshmi set, dhasavadharam set, hariharan, garudaseva,ramar pattabishegam,arunagiri(vinayaga and aanchaneyar), dhakshnamoorthy, hayakrivar, sathya naarayana set,kalyanam set.we also arranged pillayar dharbar,birds and animals sanctuary, village and highlights the importance of agriculture,education and sports.Extreme care has been taken in arranging the dolls in accordance with their importance in Hindu Mythology.

எங்கள் வீட்டு நவராத்திரி!!!

ரேகா விஜய், பெங்களூர் இன்றைய செல்ஃபோன் யுகத்தில், குழந்தைகளின் கற்பனாசக்திக்கு வேலை கொடுக்க நம் பாரம்பரிய முறைகளிலேயே வழி இருக்கிறது. அதில் ஒன்று தான் நவராத்திரி. சிரிதோ பெரிதோ அனைவரும்நவராத்திரியை கொண்டாடி மகிழவும்! மகிழ்ச்சிதான் முக்கியம், கொலுவின் அளவு அல்ல!

Welcom all to our Golu

Hi everyone!!! Welcome to our home for Navarathiri Celebration. We celebrating for more than 50years :)

When we keep Golu for the 9 days during Navarthiri, the response received from people is amazing which is giving us more interest to improve more each year.We also give small gifts to people visiting the golu at our home.We have depicted various avatars of Hindu Gods, Car Festival(Thaerottam), Temple, Park, Small town, forest etc.Welcome to visit our golu.

Hi all,We Are Celebrating Navrathri For More Than 15 Years.The Highlight Of This Year Are Water Fountain And Smoke Falls On Lord Shiva,You Can See This In The Picture.Vote For Us,Thanks In Advance...

During the festival of Navratri in South India, it is customary in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, as well as in some Tamil communities within Sri Lanka, to display a "Kolu" (also Golu, or Bombe Habba or Bommai Kolu or Bommala Koluvu). This is an exhibition of various dolls and figurines in odd (usually 7, 9, or 11) numbered tiers ("padis"). When people come to a person's house to see the Kolu, usually they are given prasad (the offering given to God that day), kumkum and a small bag of gifts. These are only given to girls and married women. In the evenings, a "kuthuvilakku" (small lamp) is lit, in the middle of a decorated "kolam"(Rangoli), before the Kolu and devotional hymns and shlokas are chanted. After performing the puja, the food items that have been prepared are offered to the goddesses.

Welcome to our golu..We have been celebrating golu for more 20yrs... I was interested in keeping golu through my mothers inspiration since my childhood.. we also invite all friends and relatives during nvaratri and children from neighbouhood for bajans and slokas... In our golu we have set up kailayam, wedding in tirupati, park, zoo, chettiyar shop,etc.. we have all idols like renganathar, aandal, shiva parvati, krishna, and so on.. we decorate three kuthu vilakku with saree depicting godess Lakshmi Durga Saraswathi. hope u all will like my kolu and esp the kuthuvilaku the second photo.. i thank aval for giving us an oppurtunity to share our navaratri.. if u like my kolu kindly vote for us.. thank you..

எங்கள் வீட்டு கொலுவில் நாங்கள் இரண்டு முயற்சி செய்துள்ளோம். 1. கிருஷ்ணர் வாழ்க்கை 2. சாரதாம்பாள் முன்னிலையில் திருமணம். இவ்வாறு போட்டி அறிவித்த விகடனுக்கு நன்றி.

WE HAVE CELEBRATED KOLU FOR PAST TEN YEARS.THIS YEAR THEME IS CITY AND VILLAGE LIFE.HILLS ARE OUR OWN HAND MADE PAPER WORK.BUILDING ARE MADE UP OF CHART PAPER.

Theme is about transformation of cluster pattern of family into linear one and extiction of relationships line "mama, athai, chithi etc.,and our need to appreciate relationships which would not be available for our future generations."Uravugalai potruvom - Kutram parkil sutram illai".

Hello, HAPPY VIJAYADHASAMI WISHES To ALL..... I am very proud to explain about the things which are all exhibited in this show. The following things are arranged in an attractive manner. * Textiles Designs * Cinema Theatre Model * A Visual model of Zoo * A grand look of the Golden Temple * Youthful Collection of 20-20 Cricket Matches * Upgraded all kinds of provisions in a view of Super Market * A great relief and remedial scenes of a Hospital * The glorious view of lord Annamalai's Temple (T.V.M) * The pleasurious perceptual view of a Park Thank You all...... By PavithraNandakumar.... Arni

I'm kamala selvi,home maker from madurai.This is the tenth year we are keeping golu,our whole family was enthusiastic to keep golu ,especially my daughter ,according to her creativity this time we arranged golu which is kept in sand as kamalmanik beach resort,make cools ur eyes by watching our golu photos.enjoy.....

This time our theme was "thulabharam", which is a very well known mythological story of Krishna being weighed against thulasi. We had a lot of fun putting it together. I hope you all have enjoy it as well.

Dolls are arranged across 15 steps following the traditional approach Bagawan Namah Mahimai - Name of God is mightier than God Himself - we have depicted 14 stories from Mythology Kuthuvillku (4.5 feet) decorated as Veenapani Saraswathi (original veenai)

We have chosen 'Grama Seva is Rama Seva' as the theme for this year... The main reason for choosing this theme is to create awareness and stress on the importance of our villages. If only every village had an 'Anna Hazare', we would not see any under-developed village in India. This is the moment for all of us to contribute in whatever way we can towards development of Rural India. In addition to this theme, we have also kept two mini-themes 'Samsara Sagaram - the journey of life depicting various occasions' and 'Punya Sthalangal - showcasing Thirupathi, Arupadai Veedu and Thiruvannamalai'. The main kolu is kept on one 7-step and two 5-steps, totally 17 steps.

we celebrate the golu festival for the last 75 years.we have dasavatharam set,park,ramar set,lord krishna with radhe,pillayar and flower with 7 steps. This year we bought children's doll

Navarathri Golu at our house. Pictures clicked to show the day and night difference.

In the first picture, its a golu having a mini golu of five steps in the centre step in the main golu. (golu in golu). For the "eco-friendly" theme, you shall find brass mementos,cotton carry bags(home made),and home made butter paper covers for sundal. In the second picture, a rangoly of grains of different colours pertaining to the nine days of navarathri.

The main kolu consists of two sections. The first picture is a mini depiction of Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva. There is also a miscellaneous collection of various Gods. The second picture is a model of Sri RajaRajeswari Amman temple.

Our Kolu contains A. Traditional Seven Step Kolu B. hand made dolls depiciting folk dances of 27 states C.Classical dances of India.

All religions are the same . The birth of Lord Krishna and Lord Jesus is being depicted. As I have narrated the stories of Lord Krishna to my three year old grand daughter Supriti she wanted to depict Krishna Leela. She has understood the story so well she only helped me in buying the dolls and arranging the kolu in an elaborate manner

Govardhana Giridhari in Rangoli with Krishna thematic golu

we are celebrating golu for past 8 years....if you like this vote us....by suja damu

We celebrate grandly the Navrathri festival for around 15 years. Theme we used this time was "Sarvam Sakthi Mayam", which is clearly displaced by placing Dhurga devi as the front runner in the placings. Also, we decorated Kamatchi Devi along with Kalasam, which had many accolades from various people visiting our home. Special mentions are, MahaVishnu along with MahaLakshmi sitting together on Anandhan (5 Headed Snake) with the background of sea color. Ahead of MahaVishnu, we have SriRaman, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman, which shows Raman's Pathabishka. It portray's a temple Grabhagraham (Moolasthanam). Next is the Esawar's Family giving blessing to Gnana Samandhan(i.e.,giving milk to infant Gnana Samandhan).

Our family has kept golu since 1992. This year we have arranged the entire golu as the "Surya Ratha". This year's specials include : 1. My daughter's 10 years of Eraser collection 2. Ganesha Darshan (ganeshas arranged as ganesha, where eery ganesh is unique) 3. Barbie world 4. Krishna Leela 5. Baarat and wedding set.

9 days in a year when our home will be flooded with people of all sorts.It is indeed a special occassion for us. We have been celebrating golu for about 10 years. Every year we tend to bring in some new colours. We have our own custom of making something new every time. Apart from the mud Plaster dolls and metal idols our golu have our own Hand made idols. Lord Balaji and Padmavathi, Mahishasuravardhini, Vishnu and lakshmi, Ganesha are our own creations. This year's special is 'Naughty Krishna' Who tries to steal his favourite Butter (Caught Butter handed though ). one picture here shows our full golu and the other is a collage of our own creations.other dolls include garuda seva, navagrahas, marriage, Chettinadu shop, Rajasthan band, Zoo,Miniature Seervarisai(20 types),Dasavatharam,Fruit shop, Manuneedhi chozhan set and lot more. This is our own TOY STORY . We are extending our warm invite to you to have a look at this virtual Golu @ Vikatan.com.

We arrange the kolu ordely from the god to grass.I have bought 60 th wedding anniversary set, because my in-law celebrated the same in this year.

Our golu consists of 7 steps exhibiting God and Goddesses in their avatars and other dolls of interest. Apart from the main, traditional golu we do have exhibits on the ground showing progress of mankind from the forest to city. The ancient man lived in the forest around animals and along with nature. This is shown in the wildlife section. Then, little advancement made his life more easier with the advent of small tools and equipment but he still lived much in tune with nature. This is shown in our village life section.Further advancement and inventions have brought in machinery and factories and has resulted life more mechanical and routine. This is reflected in our city life section. In essence our golu emphasizes the need to live with nature for a healthier and happy life.

Navarathri kolu is a well known Hindu festival celebrated for 9 days. Navarathri literally means 9 nights in Sanskrit.During these 9 days we worship the 9 forms of shakthi.And 9 forms of shakthi are : durga, bavani,mookambiga,lalitha,chandini,kaali,ambal,bairavi,devi annaporani.In southern side of india people set up steps and place idols on them and do pooja on these days and this is termed as kolu.Of these 9 days people worship durga for first three days,laxmi for second-three days and finally saraswathi for last three days.Kolu is decorated with dolls depicting mythology .likewise "navarathri kolu 2011" has been arranged in my home with great devotion.every year my mom finds some new ideas and bring out best decorations.And this year we have arranged bramha vutchavam in sri ranga temple and idols decorated in 9 steps ... hope u ll enjoy this two picture.. if u feel our kolu decoration deserves the best place please vote for this .... regards deepu

Wish you all a very Happy Navratri. We are celebrating this for past 22 years. It gives us a divine feeling and holistic life. If you like our gollu decoration, please vote for it. Thanks.

Welcome to our Golu!!! We have arranged Lord Ganesha, Lord Muruga, Saraswathi Ma, with AshtaLakshmi on each side on the first step, continuing with Ramar Pattabhishekam and Mayilvahanam on the second step, followed by Dasavadharam set on the third step, Radhe Krishna on the swing set and Krishna's childhood appearance on the fourth step, and least but not last with Meera the devotee of Lord Krishna with Paavai vilakku on the 5th step. On the right side of the golu you can also see a replica of Trichy Malaikottai kovil & on the left is a small children's entertainment park. Hope you all enjoyed watching our 2011 Golu. Happy Navarathri to ALL!!!

Happy Navratri!

We have been celebrating Navarathri since 2004.we just started with 3 steps & gradually increased. For past five years,we were doing it based on certain theme.This year our theme was Tirumalai (tirupathi) .we all know that tirumalai consists of seven mountains. we did a model of it (refer image).The seven mountains are Rishabathri - (thiruchannur-alamelu mangai temple) Neelathri Garudathri Aanchanethri Seshatri Narayanathri Vengadathri Navashakti's are honoured by giving our traditional "tahmbulam" to girl childrens of age 2-10.Our ancestor had insisted that if we do it ,we will be blessed with our wants. If you like our golu vote for us Happy navarathri

Happy Navratri!

In our house, the main golu arrangement will be the same. But, We will have a different theme every year. This time, the theme that we have selected is Trichy.Trichy is our home town. So, we have shown all the land marks in Trichy using Paper craft. Rock Fort temple St. Joseph church and the mosque nearby. In Trichy, from an angle view ,we can see the rock fort temple,the church and a mosque. We have also shown the below. REC college BHEL Golden Rock workshop Srirangam Temple Cauvery bridge Sarathas...a popular textile shop And, we used to decorate our entrance with Rangoli everyday.The second picture is the one for today.

Science in Today’s Life Our life has been intertwined with science, that it has taken a major role in our day to day life. In this complex, fast moving world, without science, our very existence will be unmanageable. The invention of various gadgets like home need appliances, to computers, we have become a dependent on science. Can we think of our days without electricity? Can our companies think of running their organizations without computers? Science is playing a pivotal role, that, not a day passes without a new invention, to the already added products. Scientists are wracking their brains to enlarge the scientific domain. Thus the opportunities are galore, that every one wants to take up science as the core subject of study. Yet, there are many unanswered questions relating to ‘Life principle’ that we ultimately come to have a strong belief in our ‘Ultimate protector’. God, our sole saviour. Hence our ‘Navarathri kolu kondattam’ is depicting science in our daily life, with God as our creator and we as His Instruments.

We want to say we are celebrating the golu in the "small". Small is indeed beautiful. Do enjoy a 2' x 2'x 2' golu. Our thickly - populated - metro - friends will surely appreciate my idea. Like many of you although my daily course are hectic, I can squeeze in 10 minutes for our traditional celebration.

Vanakkam...Nangal kadantha 25 aandugalaga Navarathri kolu vaithu kondadukirom..........

Hi all, We Have made traditional 7 steps Golu and every year we keep changing our theme. This year we have kept Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Parvathi, Sivan,Palli konda ranganathar and kamdhenu in 'Devalogam'. Along with this we have malai koil, Teppakkulam, Park, Forest, Krishna Cricket Ground, Restaurant and clean roads with Green Trees. Thanks!

Dear All, I am fond of Golu decoration.We are celebrating Golu for the past 60 years and i have bought a Proper steel steps last year and started making the big Golu. Myself and my wife are 76 and 66 years old respectively and we do love to decorate a lot. we will do more decorations in the coming years and because of my daughter's compulsion i am sending this snaps to the competition.Thanks All!

well our gollu we are keeping this for more than 50 years.the highlighetd factor of this gollu is that we frilled a saree and we connect two edges of the saree to make a perfect design.moreover we also used ther thombai for beautiful view.and we used a silk cloth and we connect the 4 edges of the cloth and we hung it in top center of the goolu.there are 9 steps we arranged in gollu then .starting from 4th 5th step we arranged a arayar sevai.a renganathar staue is behind that and all 12 alwars and arayars sung a pasauram in praise of lord. in 4th row a long doll called amirtham kadaithal between devas and asuras.in last stepwe arranged a garudha sevai set it will in an vertical direction.after taht a glittering light with goldmandap that we kept in the cneter of the teppakulam.thelast photois one is rockfort rock which is made of full of clay.and wedecorated a serial light around it

Our Kolu has a display of many forms of Bala Krishna at the entrance as Brindavanamum Nandakumaranum, and in the Hall, we have traditional 7 steps with dolls of deities , many of which are more than 50 years old. On the floor we have arranged the 5 types of land mentioned in Sangam literature as ''Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neythal and Paalai and the life of people in those areas as seen nowadays. All are welcome to view our Kolu. I also congratulate all our friends who have displayed excellent dolls in this column..

Happy navarathri to all!!! This is my 8th year golu which we are celebrating in my house.Every year we make special themes of somethig different.This year we made the theme "Thirukural poonga".In this we described about the history of Thiruvalluvar & the concept of "arathupal,porutpal,kamathupal".Also we described about the marriage,temple kumbabishegam,navagragham,etc... if you like this pls vote for us

Parvathi,Coimbatore we will do different idols of goddess everyday using Kuthuvilaku , Ambal face and accessories. Showing u Lakshmi and Sivan Parvathi alangaram.. We also arranged park ,market place , village ,cricket ground etc.. If you like this..Vote for it.. Happy Navarathri

Full double 7 step golu, with Pancha tantra stories on the floor, Mahabalipuram beach setup, Krishna Leela, Ramayanam Episodes. all occupying the floor of a 22x22 sft room in my house. In all themed 59 episodes and themed setup, please refer to www.facebook.comapitha.iyer

our kolu was made in jus two hours at a very short notice. the attraction was krishna swinging to meera's singing...If youy all like our kolu, you may cast your vote.

i got inspired by my neighbours and started keeping golu for the past 10 yrs...we are extremely happy to upload our golu photos.. pls do vote for us!!!

Our Kolu is traditional one plus mixture of Model era. The theme for this year is Modern brahmin marriage shown in picture 1 which shows the various tradition in the marriage. Second photo shows the Pongal celebration happening in the village

We live in California, USA. This is our 12th year of Golu. First we started off with paper made God Idols with 3 steps. Then we started collecting Golu Bommai whenever we visit India. Now we have built up to 7 steps. Thanks to my brother, who patiently shopped for me and packed neatly to take it to US. Also Thanks to my husband for his creativity in building our own stair case for the Golu. It is a detachable one. Most of all, my daughters love this occasion. They get to sing their carnatic songs to my friends and their friends too. So they each plan on what to sing on each house they go to. As well as to entertain the guests who come to our Golu. I feel more responsible in passing over our tradition to my kids, since they are born and brought up here. So far, they are totally into our custom. I pray God, hopefully they remain that way and pass our tradition to the next generation too. Please encourage us by voting to our Golu to sustain our interest and tradition across the sea. Thank you so much.

Happy Navarathiri! I have enjoyed Golu since childhood and we have been celebrating it for more than 10 years in US and we feel that it is one of our traditions that our son will pass it on to his generation. This year we decided on an Indian village theme and I made human figures using modelling clay. Hope you like it!

We are from Connecticut USA. We set golu for past 10 years here. In USA, If we celebrate golu, either we have to buy bommais from India or from the temples in USA. In our state no bommais are sold in our temple. So I just got from India, and some are made by me and my kids. Here, The dasaavadaaram set in 2nd step, Asokavanam seethai and Hanumaan set in 3rd step, Thieugnaana sambandar set in 4th step, wedding set and chettiyaar couple in 5th set are made without any molds. Then I just used my kids' toys for setting Gajendra moksham. My 7 years old son and 4 years old daughter also participated very joyfully in the celebrations, and they set the forest. I used my daughter's barbie palace toy as Ayodhya palace. Then I got that Guhan boat from India. That seen is shown in picture 2.

Being in the US, its quite a challenge to keep up with traditions on a regular basis without much help... We have been working on creating something new each year. This time the unique piece being Thirupathi Perumal made like a cut out from thermocol sheet trying to make it like a 2 D figure... This is our 8th consecutive year... hope you enjoyed our kolu. Thanks Aravind

the kollu is kept stairs made of wood specially designed.

We have been celebrating Navaratri by keeping Golu for the last 15 years. The collection of dolls has been made over the years and very year new dolls that come in the market are purchased and added to the collection. We treat this festival as a social event where people can get together and spend happy times in this otherwise busy world.

We are celebrating Navarathri by keeping kolu for the past 50 years. "Mupperum deveiar koluvirinthu arulum" golden mandapam and "Kanaka rathathil nadanamadum kanaka sapapathi" ie golden ratham are created by me. And also we put rangoli on the water ie called "Neer mel kolam" - Neel mel nadanamadum Narthna Vinayakar.

We are Celebrating Navarathiri for the past few years and this is all a COllection of Dolls for more than a decade.We have displayed 9 Steps along with Village named Nurani, Park named Ramya park and A Stadium , Nehru Stadium.We thank u Vikaten Members for giving us this wonderful opportunity to share our photos with the people all over many places.

HEY EVERYBODY! OUR GOLU IS AN UNCONVENTIONAL ONE. WE HAVE ARRANGED THE STEPS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS UNLIKE THE STRAIGHTWAY GOLU PADI. WE HAVE TRIED TO SHOW THE IDEA OF SECULARISM, THE HARMONY WITHIN THE DIVERSE RELIGIONS. IN OUR GOLU ONE WILL FIND THE VELLANGANNI MATA, LORD JESUS AND OTHER PHILOSOPHERS AND THINKERS LIKE THE BUDDHA TOO. EACH YEAR WE PAINSTAKINGLY CREATE A PAINTING OF A GOD GODDESS IN HIS HER ULTIMATE GLORY ON A SLAB OF TILE. THIS YEAR WE PRESENT OUR PAINTING OF LORD SRI GANESHA. WE HAVE DECORATED IT BY FIXING A GARLAND OF PAPER FLOWERS ON THE PAINTING. WE HAVE ALSO EMBELLISHED HIM WITH ARTIFICIAL JEWELS TO GIVE THE EFFECT OF A TANJORE PAINTING. WE THANK THE MAGAZINE FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNIY AND WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NAVARATRI!!

this is one of the excellent festivals in our tradition.This is being celebrated for creating a get together with our friends,neighbours and relatives.ours is a seven step kolu with ashtalakshmi,small dhashavatharam,pillayar and jothir lingam.....

We have been celebrating Golu for past twenty years. Every year we buy one or two new dolls. We have arranged the Golu in Seven Steps and we have Lord Ganesh and Lord Muruga in each corner of the all the steps. In the Middle we have arranged AMMANS' starting in top steps Goddess Durga and in the Bottom Step Goddess Lakshmi. Also,we have arranged Lord Perumal next to Lord Ganesh and Lord Siva Parvathi next to Lord Muruga.

Wishing you all a very Happy Navaratri.

We have been regularly celebrating the Navarathiri Festival. We are happy to share this picture to all.

Enga Veettu Golu - Subathra

We have displayed Astalakshmi Temple situated at Besant Nagar, Decoration of Amman Idol and Kuthuvilakku with tradional padi

Along with 7 steps Main Kolu we decided to have 3 Main themes ,one is INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITS Which displays various countries US,EAST ASIAN & AFRCAN CITY main Places (Photo-1) the second one is BRAMOTSVAM at Tirupathi and the third one is AMBAL DURBAR Consists of Nava Nayakigal (Photo-2).Most of the display is creativity skill plus the relevant character dolls to the requirement from Market.

I have displayed FIVE LAND patterns ( Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal & Palai ) and their connected activities of which I have attached the photograph only one land pattern. In addition, I have displayed all traditional Bommais in a rectangular shaped 5 padis. Further, I have dressed up TWO amman with Sari and jewellary .Please visit my house to view all these.

our first picture depicts the beauty of indian villages,and wildlife. this tells man cannot survive without nature and other living beings.second picture shows various incarnations taken by god to protect humanbeings and teach moral values to us

The photo depicts the basic function of the NAVARATHIRI function, i.e., the Golu is adorned with dolls – predominantly with that of the gods and goddesses depicting mythology. Extreme care has been taken in arranging the dolls in accordance with their importance in Hindu Mythology.

This year, we have tried to depict the concept of “Kailash”. With the restricted space and the available materials we have made a mini model of “Kailash”. Then we have combined the kolam and vilakku into one plate. The specially dressed- up traditional wooden dolls , the illuminated cave and the snowy mountains highlight my kolu this year.

We celebrate the golu festival for the last 5 years.We have thasavatharam set,astalakshmi set, kalyanam,karthigai pengal,govarthanagiri malai set, settiyar set.etc. This year we bought Nandavanam set ,thirumal thayar set ,Ramar Family set,Vinayar vathiya set,Rajarajeshwari set.Andal set.

navaratri greetings to all...my mother in law is celebrating golu for the past 30 years and all these dolls r her own collections...she drapes sarees to the three main godess lakshmi durga and saraswathi and tat will always be the highlight of our house golu..thank u..

We have donned a PLASTIC-FREE kolu this year. There is a miniature model of the Mysore palace and a demonstration of the dussera festival at Mysore. Also, a town wit a temple and a navarathri pooja is set up.

We have displayed leading Hindu gods and goddesses, along with gracious occasion like azaghar festival (madurai, vaigai), dasavathaaram (vishnu), meenakshi marriage (madurai) and in picture 2, girivalam (thiruvannamalai).

Our kolu is traditional with greenary theme. Save Green, Save Energy and Save Life.

A very big Golu to accommodate 2000 + dolls .which enhances the grandeur of the arrangement . Along with 5 steps lengthy Main Kolu, Ramayam and the series of krishna’s child hood and certain concepts of lord Shive are spl high lights .more than 150 pillayar’s are displayed separately on 5 steps . This year specialty is the village setup spanning an entire room titled ‘Manvasanai’. A house full of golu We welcome u all

we r celebrating golu more than 25 years.we have kept 5 steps nd have arranged astalakshmi,sivan,vishu,dasaavathram,nd many more dolls.this golu brings uniquesnes.

Our Navarathri Golu at our quarters at Ramakrishna Puram, New Delhi

Enga vettu Goluuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!

we are very happy to show our golu to all the fabulous readers of aval vikatan..... my best wishes to all the friends who are participating in this...........

We are celebrating more than 5 years, we have arranged dasaavathram, vinayakay, coimbatore city & more. Thanks for VIKATAN to give this opportunity.

we r keeping kolu for past ten yrs.we have marriage set,alagar set,thiruvizalaku set,krishna leelai etc.....

we celebrating golu more than 18yrs.we have arranged ashtalakshmi,thasavatharam,kokulam naalvar and also so many.this is a get together party also thanks for vikadan for this opportunity.

jesus in golu... love is god.

Welcome to our Kolu. We have 5 padi Kolu this year. The Srirangam temple Gopuram, Pillayar , Anjaneyar, Raghavendra (wall pictures) are the craft work done by my Mother-in-law who is 73 years old. That is the unique thing. We also have a park setting and a Kalyana Mandapam.

MAHAVISHNU IS OUR MAIN THEME IN THIS GOLU. ALONG WITH HIS AVATARS INCLUDING RANGANATHAR WITH BRAHMA, GAJENDRA MOKSHAM, PANDURANGAR WITH RAGUMAYI, LAKSHMI NARASIMHAR AND LAKSHMI HAYAGREEVAR. MAIN ATTRACTION IS RAM SITA WITH LAKSHMAN AND HANUMAN. KARTHIGAI PENGAL ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS GOLU AND PAATI VADAI SUTTA KADHAI IS ALSO IN THE STEPS. ANNAPOORANI AND KAMADHENU IS ALSO IN THE STEPS. THIS IS FIRST GOLU KEPT IN MY SON'S HOME.

We are celebrating kolu for more than 8 years now.. The main features of our 5 padi kolu are: *vishwaroopa *garuda seva *ashta lakshmi *sri ranganatha *kathkali *Vellore narayani and much more May the blessings of god be with everyone :)

welcome to our Golu with 5 steps. This contains many forms of Lord Ganesh, the favourite God of my daughter.

1.Traditional 7 steps Golu 2.Powrnamiyum Thirunalum

Golu at our home.

The dolls so arranged are considered deities and the creative streak in an individual is honed with the “kolam” that is drawn before these deities with leaves, flowers, flour and colours. Sweets and boiled pulses pods are offered and distributed to visitors. Singing songs in front of these dolls is believed to be good for the performer. Navarathri is a bundle that helps to explore the latent talent of an individual in Arts & Crafts in the various branches of designing, presenting, socializing as also Singing. The Symbolic representations of mythological stories reiterate the victory of Good over Bad. The doll-presentation and the associated puja instill the presence of the omnipresent, omnipotent and the omniscient almighty and play a major role in spirituality development.

We always celebrate Navarathri in a grand style This year, I have arranged DEVI in temple and Sastha in forest I have also put the trditional makolam and rangoli

Induja, Bangalore We have celebrated Golu for more than 50 yrs in chennai, this is our 2nd year in bangalore.

We are celebrating Navrathri Festival for 40 years, The vegetable, fruits bommai are of age more than 100 years. Those are bought for 2ana in kanniyakumari by my grandpa's father.

we are celebrating for the past 30 years.we think of a new theme each and every year. This year we arranged tirupathi venkatachalabathi set. our kolu photos published local news paper on 02.10.11 Regards R.Anusha

Navrathri Glu has been celebrated at our place for generations together & we have still retained some of the old dolls. We take care to retain the cultural significance of golu by keeping non living things in lower step, fruits vegetables in next, humans & gurus in next followed by devi - devtas, avatharams & ultimately the Parashakti in the top most step; signifying the all pervasiveness of the Mother. As for the decorations we select a place as a theme every year. This year it is thiruvarur,i.e We have tried to show Muchukunda itihaasam, Manu needi chozan, Thiruvarur temple, Ther (Chariot) & Kamalalayam (pond). Also shown the bith place of thyagaraja, Muthuswami dikshitar & Shyama shastri (Carnatic trinities)

we have been celebrating for more than 45 years. we used to buy different types of dolls every year. my mom used to do a number of creative things during every year.. it gives us lot of pleasure and happiness....... all are welcome...

Welcome to our Golu 2011 We have arrranged lord venkateshwara set,vasthu graha lakshmi set,ramar seethai set,partha sarathy perumal set,lakshmi Hayakrivar set,sri vishnu set,kuberar set,raghavendarar set,murugar set,Anna poorani set,lakshmi narasimhar set,ramar pata bhisegam set,andal set, Dhasavadharam set,Astalakshmi set,girl thala yati bommai set,pambatti set,krishnar with mangaiyar set,kalyanam set,ranganathar,vilakhu poojai set,thanjavur thalai atti bommai set,chettiyar set,animals in zoo set,park set and more. If u do like our golu 2011, dont forget to vote..Thanks in advance

Bala Mukundam Manasa Smarami Our theme is on Child Krishna in Brindavan Welcome to enjoy His Leelas

HAPPY NAVARATHI

Happy Navarathiri. This is our tenth year of navarathiri.Every time there will be a special in my house.This time is the srivilliputhur chair car done by me..

In our house, we celebrated golu this year in grand fashion, we kept 7 steps and each step carry different epic stories like dasavatharan, astalakshmi, andal jananam, garuda sevai.... we welcome all and celebrate this colourful occasion.

In our house we celebrate navaratri right from my child hood days. I really thank my Father who has given me the whole hall of our house to display our Golu. This year our aim was to reduce plastics in the display, hence we bought lot of wax toys. We have designed the Park, zoo and also a small hill for lord Balaji. I wish everyone a very happy Navarathri.

Happy seeing photos :) and please vote for us...

The main golu is arranged in traditional manner. This year we had made Tirupathi Brahmotsavam. We also have all representation of different religion and culture. The first image is our main golu and the second image is the miniature representation of Tirumala and Brahmotsavam. We make arrangement of golu only with eco friendly dolls.

Hi all,We Are Celebrating Navrathri For past 15 Years, In this year Our Theme is Green Mountain and Well Developed Pasumai Village with Messages. we have given place to visit in chennai like Marina Beach, we have Decorated our Kolu in Serial Lights If you are like our Kolu Please Vote for us Regards Mekalatha Vijayaraghavan

This year we have arranged golu in the theme "SAVINGS", also we have placed dolls from vietnam. Those dolls are placed near our pillayar. pl see and do come to our home

we are keeping golu for more tha 15 years. we keep themes like ravana darbar, aa being madurai citizen we keep alagarthiruvizhala,dasavatharam,chettiyar, park, kali,krishna with gopiyar.only two photos are allowed we are unable to show all. if you like vote for us. thanking you. happy navratri.

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Happy Navarathiri Thozhiees..:)

We arrange kolu from our child hood.It is our passion . The green color one is fountain.and there is a cricket ground also.

Every year we used to keep golu . This is the first time we are sending it aval vikatan .

hi folks, we are celebrating navarathri for the past two decades.Every year we use to present a thematic golu..this year we have presented the current affair( anna hazare's hunger strike which u can c in the picture. thro tis v support lokpal bill.

Happy Navarathri.... We have multiple sets in our Kolu... * Zoo * Farm House * Village * Park * Cricket * School * Marriage * Ayyappan Temple * Mount Kailash * Palani Hills * Krishna Leela * Ashtalakshmi * Ganesha Temple * Christmas * Cars * Doll House * Barbie Dolls Unfortunately as only two images are allowed, it is not practically possible to capture all of the above sets within two images. However, captured all the sets from a long view. If you can zoom the two images, you should be able to have a glimpse of all of the above sets....

hi friends & aval viewers, This year our golu theme is Kovil Thiruvizha in 1975. through our golu lot of autograph moments many viewers felt. In temple one side Kathani vihza , Karumpu thotle, Man soru, Arasamarthadi Pillaiyar and all. Music & Dance show was going in this temple. before temple there is lot of shops ie, swamy picture, Malai, Lemon malai, Archani thatu, Prayer thotle and Plastic vessels shop and ear rings shop also there. in Street every house with smart compound and kolam is our special. in Thiruvizha Valukumaram Eruthal, Thimithi, Ther is our special. some girls are played in old games like, Pallankuli, Pandiyaduthal, Adupuliyattam etc., and In village street in one house Mattu tholuvam is very special. All viewers are prized for wall posters and Ads and also virati in wall. We prepare golu for our happiness. this time is very special to share all of you. If you feel this is good please vote for us

we are keeping the gulu for last 15 years. In bakersfield around 100 south indians there. At least couple of people and visit the gulu every day and we give soondal. One year our gulu came in local news paper too.

Hi all! This year we have setup five steps for the navarathiri golu. It consists of the ashtalakshmi set, perumal thayaar, krishna, rama vanavasam, kalyanam sapadu set and the chettiyar set. We have included some of the kids toys too. Wish you all a very happy navarathiri!!

Home made Kolu padi[steps].

WE CELEBRATE NAVARATHRI IN A GRANT AND ELIGENT MANNER. 1ST THREE DAYS ARE CELEBRATED FOR GODESS "DURGA", 2ND THREE DAYS FOR GODDESS "LAKSHMI" AND THE LAST THREE ARE CELEBRATED FOR GODESS "SARASWATHI". AND THE 10TH IS THE VICTORY KNOWN AS "VIJAYADASAMI" WHICH IS A VERY PROSPOURS DAY FOR STARTING ANY KIND OF NEW JOBS OR WORKS. SO ITS OUR DUTY TO CELEBRATE AND RESPECT THESE ASPICIOUS FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE FOUND BY OUR FOREFATHERS. I HOPE YOU LIKED OUR GOLU PICTURES. PLEASE VOTE FOR US. WISHING U ALL A HAPPY GOLU :)

hi all .hope u like my photos ,pls vote for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Happy seeing photos :) and HAPPY NAVARATHIRI TO ALL !!!!!

hi,happy navarathi to all viewers ...here in 1st photo we have shown lord krishna leelai & in 2nd we have arranged kovil thiruvilla if u like our gollu pls vote for us......

Hi, highlight of our golu is the Idols Saraswathi , Ganesha, Lakshmi. The three idols was decorated with the help of Kuttu vilaku and the faces separately. We have tied up saree and panchagajam to kuttu vilaku and has decorated our golu. If you like it please vote for us. Thank you :-)

Happy Navarathri.Please vote for us.

This year's theme is Sakthi depicting a few forms of Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswathi. Vana Durga is set in a dense forest scene. All the dolls are stuffed cotton dolls made by myself. I have been making these dolls for over 50 years but this year is a very small selection of dolls displayed here. We also have Kamakshi, Meenakshi and Visalaksi along with Sakunthalai and Annapoorani. The overseas representatives are a pair of Japanese women. Hope you like my golu. Happy navarathiri.

Hello,we have been keeping GOLU for the 5th year including this year.. we have followed the rules and tradition according to which it was suggested in the vikatan magazine..4 steps from the top are decorated only with statues of god and goddess and the steps following are decorated with the ordinary living beings..and we have made a fountain using old boxes and leftover chess coins..its a working model attached with a motor and also a tower using Diwali rockets..Please vote for us if u like our GOLU..Thank you..special thanks to vikatan..

Hello everyone. We are celebrating Navaratati for more than 30 years. Here 90% of god statues are more than 30 years old. We are maintaining it since 1980.you can find Dhasavadharam, karudaseva and many interesting things in our golu... Dont Forget to Vote for Us !!!!!!!!!!!!!

We look forward to Navarathiri Golu every year! This is the very exciting time of the year for my family and friends. Happy Dussera To All Vikatan Readers.

Radha Vasudevan, chennai. we are celebrating navarathri for the past decades.every year v use to present a thematic golu.this year v have presented a current affai(anna hazare's hunger strike).thro this v support lok pal bill.

the above pictures shows a part of our golu The special attraction of our golu this time is the mahabalipuranm set ,chandralekha set ,namalwar .we have more than 45 krishnas in different forms in our golu .we have arranged the golu based on various stories in our epics .we have also placed antiques in our golu .we have made alankaram of lord mahavishnu as seen in temples (pls see in the centre of the first photo ). all are welcome to our golu !!!!

The main golu is arranged in traditional manner. This year we had made Tirupathi Brahmotsavam. We also have all representation of different religion and culture. The first image is our main golu and the second image is the miniature representation of Tirumala and Brahmotsavam. We arrange Golu with only Eco-friendly Dolls.

Few wonders of the world, with their cultural practices, bird park, done through hand made dolls and my own drawings

Beautifil Brisndavan, Kailsh, Paarkadal and many other dolls depicting Hindu and Tamizh culture.

Happy navarathri to all!!! This is my 8th year golu which we are celebrating in my house.Every year we make special themes of somethig different.This year we made the theme kuthu villaku amman of durga,lakshmi,saraswathi .Also we described about the marriage,temple kumbabishegam,navagragham,etc... if you like this pls vote for us

Hi This is Deepa from Bangalore, The concept of this years kolu is : The great womens of the world 1. Mother Theresa 2. Bhatha Meera 3. Indira Gandhi 4. Anibesant 5. Sarojini naidu. 6. Kalapana chawla 7. Kasturibhai gandhi 8. MS Subbalakshmi meet together to discuss world peace, happy and prosperous future.

This the Golu kept in my home. Every year our home rockzzz with increasing the dolls for Golu.

the theme of this year's golu is " a developed village" in the serene surroundings of eastern andhra pradesh called MANDASA. Along with a village scene we have also displayed a wide range of collections of various dolls arranged systematically in 5 steps. HAPPY DUSSEHRA!!!

the theme symbolises the heavenly strength in the first four steps and human entities in the fifth. human creation is placed below the step that emphasises' avanindri oru anuvum asaiyadhu'. we thank the lord for this navarathiri been a memorable one

Our Golu is different one... we are celebrating in grand manner for these 10 days... The veena present in kolu is a historical one Rama Sivakumar, Madurai.

It is a "fusion of old and new dolls". It is a collection dolls which are more than 100 years old. It contains the latest collections as well.

I'm g.venkatachalam, you are welcome to view old traditional 40 years golu.

We have been celebrating Golu for the past 9 years and have collected new doll sets every year. We arrange the dolls in the traditional steps and also make arrangements around it like a park, village,city,zoo,girivalam, African tribe, cricket stadium, sabarimalai, Miss India, Mahabalipuram etc. This year we have created Mount Kailash with the family of Lord Shiva and all other Gods. Also we have made a model of the tirupathi temple on the 7 mountains with roads to reach the top. Hope this Dasara brings good to all people and we wish all the participants the very best.! Thnak you!

i love to share the culture of south indian with other state people

Hi, This is our first year golu. We had made an attempt,if you feel its good , please vote for us. Thanks in advance

This is our traditional golu celebration on display. You can see the traditional wooden doll (marapachi bommai) on the top most step that has transcended through several generations (it is four generations old) in our family.

my golu...P.Kalavathi.

PHOTOS SENT By: Mrs. Meenakshi Parameswaran..

GOLU-2011.

It is very difficult to spend nearly 12 days including days of preparation and dismantling and to treat a lot of visitors in these modern days, we deemed it a privilege and prestige to maintain the cultural heritage of our state.

Vijayalakshmi, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu This is our 55th year of golu. We have dolls narrating stories in hindu puranas and ancient tamil literature. Dolls related to Baktha Pragalatha, Sibi Chakravarthi, Manuneethi Sozhan, Vishnu Thulabaram, Avvayar sutta pazham set, Gajendra moksham We invite guests everyday from all walks of life, children learn dharma and neethi from the stories. We have made a lot of friends through our golu from the entire town of Thanjavur.

Kolu ovvoru varudamum anantham tharum alagan thiruvizha.

We have been celebrating the Navarathri golu for the past 18 years.We are happy for this opportunity extended by vikatan to share our traditional golu to everybody.

Wishes for a Happy Dushhera. Wonderful 9 days with the Gollu, new dolls, food, friends & relatives. Another delightful beggining to a season of festivities.

This is seventh year kolu in our house. Every year we used to buy a new doll and make our golu beautiful. Our kolu heighlights are : Radhe hair style, chettiar grocery shop, zoo, thiruvanna malai and garuda sevai.

in this golu(navarathiri)-2011 ,the park was designed in making the concept of renewable energy resource.bani an cotton waste a recycle product is been made as a park and plants are been planted for creating awareness on plants

Hi everyone!!! Welcome to our home for Navarathiri Celebration. We celebrating for more than 20yrs..We always celebrate Navarathri in a grand style We have arrranged kalasam amman,Astalakshmi set, Dhasavadharam set, Shiva ans sakthi, Dhakshnamoorthy, kalyanam set, Ramar pattabishegam Set, kubera set, village folk dance set, sooriyan set and also pala sarakku kadai chettiyar.We normally arrange Kolu based on a Theme.This time, apart from traditional golu kept in 7 steps,we arrange INCREDIBLE INDIA as a park theme. we placing Thirupathi temple, Amarnath pani lingam, chidambaram Nataraja temple, Mamallapuram, Taj mahal.

Kolu in our living room. I have been collecting dolls for the past few years. My kolu has been one of the most noted one in the area. Our American friends are amazed by the collection of dolls and the significance about it. I love to share this will all the readers of AVAL vikatan.

Best Wishes to one and all ! In this year's Golu, apart from the classic dolls, we have tried to creatively display my little niece's life-cycle, starting from birth till her 60th marriage anniversary, it came in for rave reviews from one and all.

I love to keep Golu

Welcome to our home for Navarathiri Celebration.We always celebrate Navarathri in a grand style.We normally arrange Kolu based on a Theme.This time, apart from traditional golu kept in 7 steps,we arrange INCREDIBLE INDIA as a park theme. we placing Thirupathi temple, Amarnath pani lingam, chidambaram Nataraja temple, Mamallapuram, Taj mahal.Most of the dolls in park are Handmade.In our park 5kinds of lands like kurinchi mullai neidhal are placed.Aalilai Krishna Rangoli is our spl one. Also dolls are decorated according to the major hindu festivals in our country like onam, Holi,Diwali,pongal,etc., Krishna leela also included in our golu.

This Golu is from Austin,TX. This navrathri is very special for us as we have a cute baby at our home and after almost 7 years I am celebrating this festival with my mom, who is my inspiration for arranging golu even after being this far from our country. These nine days our home is just like any house in madras with steady stream of friends & neighbors coming to our home to see the golu and be part of this amazing festival. This is that special of our culture that I have brought back from our country for my baby. I hope you'll enjoy the golu pictures.

Our Annual Golu