Somewhere Over the Rainbow #18 With Prats in our memories - Page 13

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Originally posted by: vibraj

Good morning!

So much positivity in terms of beauty, love, images, creations! Dragice, such beautiful gifs, thank you so much, loved the lavender lotus too in the sprightly waters and the distant Sun, simply wonderful! Branka, nice to see your creations, you pack so much love, Prats always looks luminous! Madi, hope you will enjoy the festivities and the company of your cherubic sons! Lovely creations too, Madi!

Today is the beginning of the nine days celebration of the various forms of Devi Durga or mother as she is known here, which will culminate in as Dussehra on 30th September. a big festival all over India, but especially where Madi lives, in Gujarat and north India. Here too for nine nights amidst new clothes, revelry and dancing, people will dance around the idol of the deity! The Goddess vanquishes evil and this festival is a celebration of victory of good over evil. Remember once, Prats and Sid were interviewed during Bv days and they said how much they enjoyed this festival

So Happy Navaratri everyone, may the Goddess bless you and your families with her nine swaroops ( forms) of name, fame, health, wealth, happiness, humanity, education, devotion and empowerment!🤗

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Originally posted by: Viswasruti

Hello dear friends ! Seems Branka , Nado and Dragice are discussing Autumn and watching the rain !😊 Here too it's raining since yesterday night, but a continuous drizzle, the sky is looking at the earth with wet eyes! 😊

Kids will be at home from tomorrow onwards, so my presence will be either limited😕 [ if they demand my presence with them !] or an endless one ! 😆[ if they play within themselves !] Everything depends on my fate ! 😳

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Good Morning Rainbow Friends😃



Day 1, Goddess Shailputri: This is the first manifestation of goddess Durga. In this form, the goddess has the collective power of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. According to Hindu scriptures, she holds a trishul and a lotus in her hands, and rides a bull called Nandi.

Here in Telangana State the people celebrate Durga Puja as Batukamma Puja. The pictorial depiction as show below:

Bathukamma is floral festival celebrated by the Hindu women of Telangana.^[1][2] Every year this festival is celebrated as per Shalivahana calendar for nine days starting Bhadrapada Amavasya (also known as Mahalaya Amavasya or Pitru Amavasya) till Durgashtami, usually in SeptemberOctober of Gregorian calendar. Bathukamma is celebrated for nine days during Durga Navratri. It starts on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya and the 9-day festivities will culminate on "Saddula Bathukamma" or "Pedda Bathukamma" festival on Ashwayuja Ashtami, popularly known as Durgashtami which is two days before Dussehra. Bathukamma is followed by Boddemma, which is a 7-day festival. Boddemma festival that marks the ending of Varsha Ruthu whereas Bathukamma festival indicates the beginning of Sarad or Sharath Ruthu.

Bathukamma represents cultural spirit of Telangana^{[citation needed][3]}. Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with different unique seasonal flowers most of them with medicinal values, in seven concentric layers in the shape of temple gopuram. In Telugu, Bathukamma' means Mother Goddess come Alive' and Goddess Maha Gauri-Life Giver' is worshipped in the form of Bathukamma the patron goddess of womanhood, Maha Gauri Devi. It is also celebrated in some cities in Andhra Pradesh like Vizag.