Navarathri Colours of Mylapore
Monday, October 14, 2013
Kutcheris at Nageswara Rao Park
Nageswara Rao Park in Luz in the Mylapore neighbourhood is its biggest green lung. And it is a space that is put to good use for a variety of purposes - walking, playing, yoga, gossiping and more.
For many years now, Sundaram Finance, a private and longstanding city-based company has been hosting 'mike-less' classical music concerts by young people.
And for Navarathri, it hosts a series of concerts. And it happened so last weekend. These photos capture the scenes at the park.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Hawking for Ayudha puja . . .
A new wave of hawking spread across Mylapore this morning as hawkers got ready cater to shopping for Ayudha puja, due this weekend. Fruits, banana plants, pori packs, pumpkins, thoranams and sammendhi flowers greeted shoppers on South Mada Street.
But the crowds were bigger on Royapettah High Road, alongside the Thiruvalluvar statue where we shot these sights.
At the Universal Temple, Sri Ramakrishna Mutt campus
Photos shot at the Universal Temple of Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore on Thursday evening when the swamijis led the evening bhajans and prayers to goddess Durga. The ten day long celebrations culminate on Oct.18 with the Sri Lakshmi puja.
Kumkum and anusha offerings can be made every evening - devotees wanting to do so must assemble here by 4.30 p.m.
For simple blouse bits . . .
Among the dozens of hawkers on North Mada Street is Ganesh Mudaliyar who sells blouse bits at affordable prices. This season, he says he has a new design sets of 'bits' to offer women. He says he has been a hawker for 40 years and is on this veedhi every Navarathri.
You can spot him outside Sri Ambal Jewellery.
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