tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post1895036770812928331..comments2024-03-28T14:43:18.928+05:30Comments on gappa: The Colours of Navratri.....ऐलमा पैलमा गणेश देवाUgich Konitarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-52726438516498736312021-08-23T17:11:48.202+05:302021-08-23T17:11:48.202+05:30Wonderful Blog.
Are you looking for the Online Nav...Wonderful Blog.<br />Are you looking for the <a href="https://www.sosparty.io/booster/activities/festivities/navratri-party" rel="nofollow">Online Navratri Celebration</a>? We bring you virtual Navratri special ideas and activities events. Join and make this year's celebration a memorable one.<br />manish kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371279513791494890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-4174376872902152912016-05-05T09:07:05.523+05:302016-05-05T09:07:05.523+05:30Do you have lyrics for these songs?...If so would ...Do you have lyrics for these songs?...If so would you please share?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800904984157599871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-8272966176682608062015-10-15T16:38:49.516+05:302015-10-15T16:38:49.516+05:30Very nice explaination of Bhondla during Navaratri...Very nice explaination of Bhondla during Navaratri and the songs. Many memories popped-up in my mind when we used to celebrate this our school with the competition to know what Khirapat the other classes have prepared....Ready lovely read..Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-62824022566717067712015-10-13T18:14:34.788+05:302015-10-13T18:14:34.788+05:30Dear Friend, Tuesday, Oct. 13 2015
I was looking...Dear Friend, Tuesday, Oct. 13 2015<br /><br />I was looking for information on Bondla which I used to play along with my sisters and neighbours during navaratri in Maharashtra (1970's). Those childhood memories are still fresh in my mind. But it is so sad that this colourful festival has lost its colour. <br />Thanks for the beautiful songs. <br /><br />Mrs. Vasantha<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-33611905978457706472012-05-08T16:44:47.176+05:302012-05-08T16:44:47.176+05:30How very awesome! my mom used to tell us about thi...How very awesome! my mom used to tell us about this although she has been brought up in Hyd. I actually know the first song that you have described "sasuricha vate kuch kuch kate" - she taught us this song as it was very funny and as kids we used to enjoy it a lot (wonder which day does this get sung). And also Aila pailama. Wish I could start it for my little ones now :). I will tell my mom about your post.AA_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567530816922483398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-58601603422221798632010-10-05T12:30:53.153+05:302010-10-05T12:30:53.153+05:30Navratri Wishes to all my dear friends.
Happy Nav...<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jigneshbapna.com/sms/navratri-sms.html">Navratri Wishes</a> to all my dear friends.<br /><br />Happy NavratriJitendra Bapnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365718275416525263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-78862439060355146852009-09-22T15:15:21.840+05:302009-09-22T15:15:21.840+05:30ailoma pailoma ganesh deva
jhiprya kutryala soda ...<i>ailoma pailoma ganesh deva<br /><br />jhiprya kutryala soda ga bai<br /><br />adkit jau, khidkit jau..khidkit hota batta<br /><br /><br />karlyachi vel laav ga sune laav ga sune, mag jaa aplya mahera mahera</i><br /><br /><br />Suranga, you took me 7-8 years back. I hope my sister celebrates Ira's bhondla. Now that we have a little girl back in the family, there is so much to look forward to :):)~Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136504255538483496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-1988854132633066382008-10-03T13:21:00.000+05:302008-10-03T13:21:00.000+05:30Glee !!! Awesome you truly brings out the cultural...Glee !!! Awesome you truly brings out the cultural and festive moods <BR/>hats off !!!Sayanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186669538077301130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-26313308797141343512008-10-02T18:58:00.000+05:302008-10-02T18:58:00.000+05:30Thank you for your comments. June.I somehow seem t...Thank you for your comments. June.<BR/><BR/>I somehow seem to have given folks an idea that this was just one time during the year,that the little girls enjoyed. I wrote the following for Aleta, who commented here, and am reproducing it for you here . Hope it puts things in prespective.<BR/><BR/>"This particular festival, Navratri (nav = 9, ratri = nights), is just one of our numerous festivals that families across India celebrate in various ways.<BR/><BR/>In my state of Maharshtra, sometime late August , we have a period of a month in which every Tuesday is a special celebration for young newly married girls. celebrated alongwith their friends , every Tuesday, after religious prayers during the day, the evening and night is full of games and song and dance , greatly enjoyed by the girls, and indulgently watched by their mothers and mothers-in-law.<BR/><BR/>Around March, we have a festival of colors to celebrate arrival of spring and destruction of old evils, and the yound folks are out somthering each other in colors.<BR/><BR/>Throughout the year, we have festivals where the whole family can participate , and all associated with a thanksgiving service to the Gods.<BR/><BR/>So we have a very vibrant and happy set of young girls , looking forward to all this enjoyable festivals.<BR/><BR/>Desribing the possible origin of some customs and songs during the current festival may have inadvertantly conveyed an erroneous impression. My apologies.<BR/><BR/>Not to worry. the girls are fine and enjoying themselves..."Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-30286162026003360612008-10-02T14:45:00.000+05:302008-10-02T14:45:00.000+05:30Navaratri must have been so precious for those lit...Navaratri must have been so precious for those little girls Suranga.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-34960740418946359612008-10-02T13:58:00.000+05:302008-10-02T13:58:00.000+05:30renu: It was so interesting to know that some of t...renu: It was so interesting to know that some of the songs have connections northwards. I just found an entire set of sites that show up with lyrics to our traditional marathi bhondla songs.... I wish I could find mp3's though , so folks could listen on the blog too :-)<BR/><BR/>Suma : Arent you amazed at the variety of celebrations we have within the country for Navratri ... Kolkatta, Gujarat, maharashtra for the dances and songs, and lots of Golu's and stuff in the south...i wonder how much of this stuff will remain when our children are adults ?<BR/><BR/>Pooh : just sent you an email...<BR/><BR/>Sucharita: Thank you. As you guessed correctly , tag-lag is in operation. ....:-)<BR/><BR/>Rajk : Thanks for your comments and I did read your blog from last year to which you sent a link. Very very interested to read of all the painstaking preparations that went on in those days. (And not to worry about addressing me in one way or another. Although I am certainly being offered more places in buses by younger folks these days in Mumbai :-)Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-54994748777000390502008-10-02T11:40:00.000+05:302008-10-02T11:40:00.000+05:30Hello Suranga,It feels odd to call you by name kno...Hello Suranga,<BR/>It feels odd to call you by name knowing that you are many years wiser than me...But if I used the customary "ji", it would sound like I'm calling you Aji..which I'm not sure would thrill you:-)<BR/>Like your neighbor, judging by the name of your blog I too thought it was probably Japanese...but once I read one post, I knew it was good old Marathi! <BR/>Your post reminded me of a similar one I did last year here http://dopaise.blogspot.com/2007/10/garba-nights.html<BR/>Keep them coming!!rajkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473706252786535841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-24348752535750005122008-10-02T03:20:00.000+05:302008-10-02T03:20:00.000+05:30I have always been fascinated by the garba and the...I have always been fascinated by the garba and the dandiya. Thanks for the illulimating post on the origins, past and present of this very colourful and 'moving' festival.<BR/><BR/>I've tagged you, but please ignore it if you're suffering from tag-lag.Sucharita Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-91690155643727863412008-10-01T18:04:00.000+05:302008-10-01T18:04:00.000+05:30Very interesting read. Growing up in Tamil Nadu, I...Very interesting read. Growing up in Tamil Nadu, I did not even know about dhandiya and garba till much later in life. My navarathri memories are visiting various homes that have golu - the doll exhibition set up dressed up in our best pattu pavadais, singing songs and eating snacks.<BR/><BR/>My mother says that tradition is now almost gone. She rarely gets opportunity to visit golus anymore in India. In Houston, I visit the Meenakshi Temple for my dose of golu and dance dhandiya. A mish-mash but the if I close my eyes real tight and imagine, I am almost in India.Vinithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954560277821883000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-87103384026941667682008-10-01T13:50:00.000+05:302008-10-01T13:50:00.000+05:30this brings back the celebrations when i used to l...this brings back the celebrations when i used to live in Kolkata...<BR/><BR/>and here in Singapore, i almost lost track of it...till a kindly neighbor invited me over for the puja...aMushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191649124291527517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-21921479871973601102008-10-01T10:22:00.000+05:302008-10-01T10:22:00.000+05:30enjoyed reading the details, the song u have menti...enjoyed reading the details, the song u have mentioned is a folk song even in north and in the movie CHANDNI Sreedevi danced on this----dola pichwaade rakh do.<BR/>I have seen in Bollywood, most of the folk sond adapted have been highly popular and it shows the strength of our culture.Renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052079745061422542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-61969660568981248432008-10-01T10:08:00.000+05:302008-10-01T10:08:00.000+05:30I guess there are a lot of similarities as both ar...I guess there are a lot of similarities as both are one of the oldest cultures around.Sukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110183761614933822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-72398379624663211662008-10-01T09:08:00.000+05:302008-10-01T09:08:00.000+05:30Vivek Patwardhan : Thank you for your comments. I ...Vivek Patwardhan : Thank you for your comments. I actually wanted to write about some of the songs, but was in a quandry about "ek limba jhelu bai, 2 limba jhelu" type songs :-) Takes you back to those peaceful days doesnt it ...<BR/><BR/>Aleta : Most welcome. <BR/><BR/>Joy : Just looking at your questions ....:-) <BR/><BR/>Sukku : But how interesting to learn about the Chinese 9 day festival, and how amazing that it is held around now. Then I read about it being according to the lunar calendar. Our Hindu months are also according to the lunar calendar. What a coincidence ...Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-87399597727299183582008-10-01T08:41:00.000+05:302008-10-01T08:41:00.000+05:30Very interesting and enlightening narration on Nav...Very interesting and enlightening narration on Nava ratri. I know it is a big festival according to the Hindu Calender in India and in Malaysia too they celebrate this festival. This also coincides with the Chinese Nine Emperor God's festival.<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Emperor_Gods_FestivalSukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110183761614933822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-19789660411704233892008-10-01T02:40:00.000+05:302008-10-01T02:40:00.000+05:30I'm sorry I misunderstood, Ughich Konitari. I did...I'm sorry I misunderstood, Ughich Konitari. I did so enjoy your post and also your response. Thank you for taking the time to explain to me. :-)Aletahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605214202876973830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-28089442499866767592008-10-01T02:04:00.000+05:302008-10-01T02:04:00.000+05:30You have been tagged.You have been tagged.Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053043951887070129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-30473606771172491562008-10-01T00:55:00.000+05:302008-10-01T00:55:00.000+05:30Enjoyed reading 'The colours of Navaratri'. I have...Enjoyed reading 'The colours of Navaratri'. I have seen the celebrations of these festivals as you have described so well and picturequely. Relived my past remembering my younger days. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories.<BR/>VivekVivek S Patwardhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228917496761427150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-15040747440230539752008-10-01T00:20:00.000+05:302008-10-01T00:20:00.000+05:30Kavi,I guess dandia is more amenable to public "ap...Kavi,<BR/><BR/>I guess dandia is more amenable to public "application" than the traditional maharashtrian bhondla, which is small-communities-centric. And is slowly disappearing, except in smaller towns.<BR/><BR/>I guess you will simply miss out on the Khirapats .....when you go check out the dandia's.Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-49952063331901236142008-10-01T00:04:00.000+05:302008-10-01T00:04:00.000+05:30Ah ! The navratri times are dandia times !! There ...Ah ! The navratri times are dandia times !! There is a celebration thats coming up in the apartment complex. And am going to go to have a look. <BR/><BR/>This post was an additional catalyst ! Thanks !Kavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11426040093753611098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-26634433860549057302008-09-30T23:43:00.000+05:302008-09-30T23:43:00.000+05:30One Woman's journey", Judy, Aleta : Thank you for ...<B>One Woman's journey", Judy, Aleta :</B> Thank you for your kind words.<BR/><BR/><B>Aleta</B>,<BR/><BR/>This particular festival, Navratri (nav = 9, ratri = nights), is just one of our numerous festivals that families across India celebrate in various ways. <BR/><BR/>In my state of Maharshtra, sometime late August , we have a period of a month in which every Tuesday is a special celebration for young newly married girls. celebrated alongwith their friends , every Tuesday, after religious prayers during the day, the evening and night is full of games and song and dance , greatly enjoyed by the girls, and indulgently watched by their mothers and mothers-in-law.<BR/><BR/>Around March, we have a festival of colors to celebrate arrival of spring and destruction of old evils, and the yound folks are out somthering each other in colors.<BR/><BR/>Throughout the year, we have festivals where the whole family can participate , and all associated with a thanksgiving service to the Gods. <BR/><BR/>So we have a very vibrant and happy set of young girls , looking forward to all this enjoyable festivals. <BR/><BR/>Desribing the possible origin of some customs and songs during the current festival may have inadvertantly conveyed an erroneous impression. My apologies. <BR/><BR/>Not to worry. the girls are fine and enjoying themselves...Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.com