Divinity on diwali!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.67708396911621px;">I simply love the approach of the Diwali season. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.67708396911621px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.67708396911621px;">The slight winter chill, the happy faces, the excitement of shopping, Diwali decorations and all that.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.67708396911621px;">Its now that the festivals has gained so much popularity and we celebrate it in various styles At home it was always the Divinity,the Pooja,the Ghee lit lamps and Marigolds.S</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">till it remains all the more traditionally rooted at our homes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20.67708396911621px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let the Divine ideas of Diwali surround you forever.Here are some snippets from the earlier celebrations of earlier years:)-</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 20.67708396911621px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNTijt6T9NDyqAzf7iminARrKkVe7EdqaDUCfKnxuzQ0DlHSDxYLhwmklbnN4vyixYAK5ZfnBeSq-c4mw_0kiBAk0x1Vw3Lrir8RSdiPN3uXVnleuUJVvIc6v2nGgraHH1G_K0cWxlPg/s1600/IMG_5207+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNTijt6T9NDyqAzf7iminARrKkVe7EdqaDUCfKnxuzQ0DlHSDxYLhwmklbnN4vyixYAK5ZfnBeSq-c4mw_0kiBAk0x1Vw3Lrir8RSdiPN3uXVnleuUJVvIc6v2nGgraHH1G_K0cWxlPg/s640/IMG_5207+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Divinity on diwali!

I simply love the approach of the Diwali season.  The slight winter chill, the happy faces, the excitement of shopping, Diwali decorations a...

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Published-The Traditional touch

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">An article about the Traditional Decor elements and about how the home could be decorated traditionally.Recently got published In Deccan Herald.I thank Savitha Karthik and the entire team for giving me the opportunity to write an article.All images shot at my home..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLZpaEqT9tbPHD_olZcBcY_Z7T9u77N5kIrzGsh0kCSvLdwk9tOIYv52sRqKK6xxfYnuswls-2tPAIBDFtWkMuDolCjteLh5ex0bmiwSyMD-e6r_Do4qUlPGepkmLj-90TD0QQVaZ4wQ/s1600/page+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLZpaEqT9tbPHD_olZcBcY_Z7T9u77N5kIrzGsh0kCSvLdwk9tOIYv52sRqKK6xxfYnuswls-2tPAIBDFtWkMuDolCjteLh5ex0bmiwSyMD-e6r_Do4qUlPGepkmLj-90TD0QQVaZ4wQ/s640/page+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>

Published-The Traditional touch

An article about the Traditional Decor elements and about how the home could be decorated traditionally.Recently got published In Deccan Her...

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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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