Yup, Your right..... Its Navaratri.....When the Goddess Durga is said to travel al over the world and destroy all evil.......
This year was a bit different..... this year I saw a kolu for the first time in my life....A kolu is the arrangement of dolls and figurines in odd numbered steps ( padis ) during the festival of Navratri in Southern India, it is customary in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, as well as in some Tamil communities in Sri Lanka, to display a Kolu, Golu or Bommai Kolu.
I went with my neighbor's mother ( I call her mami ) to the 19th floor and saw the kolu and the mini kolu which the child had created by herself.... so cute! afterwords, we came back and I went to study for Arabic
Then the next day, which is today, mami's kolam got destroyed by a neighbor's children on their bikes... The kolam was so nice.... and got destroyed.....Poor mami, She spent a lot of time on it though she is old and has a bad back........In fact, she had asked me to finish of the rest as her back was paining by the time she was nearly done....... She was the one who taught me how to do the Saraswathi puja......Oh well.... Accidents happen.... Hopefully her next kolam won't be spoilt......
Ok,
Bye
Love,
Gops
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