reva-vare: 2014

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Golu 2014

This year my theme is "Ramayana tales" . I have created the following 14 scenes from Ramayana and I have made some of the dolls myself with polymer clay. I made all the props for the scenes.

Also, as a return gift I created my own "Ramayana adventures" game in the lines of monopoly board game. I thought this will be an interesting way to get our children to learn the great epic.

* Bala kanda: Birth of Rama (Handmade cradles)

* Bala kanda: Thadaka vadam (Handmade backdrop)

* Bala kanda: Sita swayamvar (Handmade Rama doll )

* Ayodhya kanda: Guhan helps Rama cross Ganga. (Handmade boat, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana dolls)

* Ayodhya kanda: Bharatha rules under Rama padhuka (Handmade padhuka and throne)

* Aranya kanda: Ravana tricks Sita to cross Lakshman rekha (Handmade hut)

* Aranya kanda: Ravana abducts Sita in Pushpaka vimana and Jatayu fights him. (Handmade pushpaka vimana)

* Kishkindha kanda: Rama meets Sugreeva (Handmade mountain)

* Sundara kanda: Hanuman challenges Ravana in court (Handmade Ravana and Hanuman dolls)

* Sundara kanda: Hanuman sets Lanka on fire (Handmade fire props)

* Sundara kanda: Hanuman meets Sita in Ashoka Vanam (Handmade tree)

* Yuddha kanda: Vanara sena builds a bridge to Lanka

* Yuddha kanda: Hanuman brings Sanjeevani herb to save Lakshmana

* Rama Pattabhishekam

Monday, July 7, 2014

Its been long since I updated my blog. Forgot to put together my golu pics for 2013. I had arranged the golu steps in a snake and ladder theme and built a park with nursery rhyme theme. My daughter's favorite rhymes and stories can be seen in the park :) Sahana was just a year and a half old and she enjoyed looking at the park and reciting her favorite rhymes every morning. I didn't have to baby proof the golu. My kutti was such a darling not to disrupt the arrangements.