Gallery 3

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S E C T I O N S

Statues are taken out in procession to be immersed in the river or in the sea.

Traditional wind and percussion instruments used on all festive occasions especiallyy during weddind ceremonies.

The floor decorated with colourful  designs (Muggoo) as a sign of welcoof welcome.

Flaming ‘quallus’ and gaily decorated Rambhajanamu lamp.

A lively traditional dance performed by young boys and girls.

A small red packet containing a money gift.

Women carrying on their heads brass pots anointed with turmeric paste and spots of ‘kumkum’.

Rakhi wristlets.

A bitter sweet preparation symbolizing human life.

Lighting the candles in fragrant memory of the ancestors.

Last prayer before dawn.

A celebrant carrying the ‘prabhalu’