Sometime last year, my husband’s cousin’s wedding was fixed. We were the groom’s side. The groom’s side have nothing much to do at the wedding, as you know. We only need to get ready and show up!
There is a part in the wedding festivities, where the groom’s side ladies can show off their creative skills. They gift the bride a lot of different things. If you can make instead of buying them, then it really showcases your talent.
My husband’s aunt, the groom’s mom asked me to make something and bring it to the wedding. So I took up the “project” earnestly.
Now, in our South Indian Andhra culture, there is an important wedding ritual called the “Gauri Puja”. Here the bride prays to Mother Gauri for blessings before the actual wedding. It is only after her puja that the kanyadaana (father and mother giving away the girl) takes place.
I used a whole lot of things and prepared a model of the Gauri puja for the wedding. My daughter helped me very actively in this project. Together, we dressed a doll in a traditional silk sari, created her bridal jewellery, made each of her puja articles, made the incense stick stand, her flower basket, the sweets and fruits to offer the Goddess. Each and every article was painstakingly made, coloured, decorated and stuck onto the main board.
We had a challenge of making our bride sit. We overcame this difficulty by making a soapbox backrest. We filled the soapbox with sand to make it heavy and then to be on the safe side, tied it to the waist of our bride! To hide the tying, we made it look like she was wearing a Vadhiyaanam (ornate waistband)! 😀
Once it was completed, it was so beautiful! We were proud of our work.
Anyway, in the wedding, this piece was very much the centre of attraction. Everyone, from both sides wanted to know who made it, whether it was purchased etc.
Of course the main event was the wedding, but I had my six minutes of fame when I got a lot of appreciation for this.
Here are the pics of my bride doing her puja.
Written for the July BarAThon 2018.
Today’s prompt is : Six minutes of fame
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And it is so beautiful.So you gave it to the bride or kept it with you. I would have never been able to part with such a creation. Awesome.
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Oh! we gave it away. I only have photographs.
Thanks Bhagyashree!
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Bride is so pretty😚
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Thank you 🙂
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Thats a very cute doll your daughter na you made! you definitely deserve those 6 minutes of fame!
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Thank you. Yes, we did a lot of work on this. We even dyed our doll’s hair. We couldn’t have a blond, indian bride!
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I was very fortunate to see step by step creation of this . It was looking very pretty . Keep it up Meena .
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Thank you so much! 😀
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It sure is worth more than six minutes of fame! Meena, appreciate your creativity and patience! The Gaui Pooja model is so adorable.
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Thank you Anagha. All this praise makes me so happy!
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This deserves much more than six minutes of fame. You have created a wonderful set here.
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Thank you Sonia! 🙂
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so beautiful 🙂 loved every single one…
#Barathon 2018
http://simizworld.com/colorful-chutney-powders-at-my-simizworld/
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Thank you so much, Simi!
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they are so so cute and the attention to detail is impressive, our supertalented meena and kids!
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Thank you so much Shaini!
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I am a Tamilian and my wife is from Andhra. Ours was a rather mixed kind of wedding with both cultures finding their place. Breathtaking images. And good for you to make such a sincere effort for your cousin.
Here is my 6th #barathon post
http://www.jaispoetryblog.com/2018/07/six-minutes-of-fame.html
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Thank you jai
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Well done, congratulations Meena
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So beautiful Meena akka! You definitely deserve those six minutes of fame.
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Thank you, Shashi
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That is so creative Meena. I am sure your daughter had great fun doing this up with you. Ingenious of you to use th soap box so, I had to look for it after you mentioned it.
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Thanks shalz. We had great fun making it
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So cute! Of course, I’ve seen this sweet bride before! 😘
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😁
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Wow!! its so beautiful
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Thank you ! 🙂
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