Shubh Deepavali:11.10.09

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391412751899215554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCIRoY-VyHmfRwCnCPaEkgnJNLAgF3xZpa1mnL_QqWZ4lSnkDo0EE9XmPADSdjsIW4wdsElXeZGdhAiWwUDDEOAsX_MeVioWLtAzmQ1CEUp47aQ2Lpq_f8dHPRlU9HDdbHdfiDUE2W28/s400/diwali-mirror.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHE70NzmKjzl8akZhQSHRNQjjG5jllwkWBCMeAAtYsodwEGnkKdKASQhlMXEsC2Sj1GR7JXMrSPZgcjBRBLP97m_eoYekdsryAhl4NASZIXtwoQiHmrW30LpwvYy-jm6js759L3bfLdE/s1600-h/Diwali+405+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391256559416679330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHE70NzmKjzl8akZhQSHRNQjjG5jllwkWBCMeAAtYsodwEGnkKdKASQhlMXEsC2Sj1GR7JXMrSPZgcjBRBLP97m_eoYekdsryAhl4NASZIXtwoQiHmrW30LpwvYy-jm6js759L3bfLdE/s400/Diwali+405+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">The </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">festival of lights</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"> is all about welcoming the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Goddess of wealth</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">.A festival for thorough spring cleaning and wearing new clothes.Enjoy the best. A flurry of activities at home for me,cleaning polishing the brass and bringing out the diyas and of course some last minute purchases.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Its fun as dusk settles at the time of </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Deepavali </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">and the whole house gets illuminated by the bright little diyas and my favourite Kerala Lamps.Memories at home do bring tears,but they do get wiped by the bright diyas and the halo surrounding them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">A simple idea from the kitchen utensils finds a way in today's Deepavali inspiration.The brass utensil used is the one used for making small sweet balls called "Unniappam".The wooden utensil is nothing but an antique wooden utensil used for keeping aside spices while cooking with cup shaped depressions in it.You can float any flowers and diyas alternately in the small holes and place it before the god,in front of the entrance and make a 'kolam' (rangoli design) to the side of it or around it.Here i have used rice grains and masoor dal in the shape of Diyas and placed diyas alternately in the patterns. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Hope you all enjoy the design and will watch out for more...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">(Images and Ideas by Lakshmi Arvind.Please do not use it for any purpose without informing.Images are all subject to copyright)</span></span></b></i></div></div>

Shubh Deepavali:11.10.09

The festival of lights is all about welcoming the Goddess of wealth .A festival for thorough spring cleaning and wearing new clothes.Enjoy ...

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