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Name : Archana Arun
Location: Bangalore
Namaskaram
Happy Navarathri. I would like to first express my gratitude to sapthavarna team for conducting the Golu & encouraging our tradition to grow high.

We keep 7 steps traditional Golu every year. I have decorated the lamp as Ambal.
Apart from arranging the dolls for us we wanted to bring in deep message about our traditional culture along with a Golu Theme.

This year we have tried to create a miniature of Thiruvannamalai covering its architecture, which has a lot of historic, traditional, and mythological values.
We have showcased ‘Deepa Thiruvizha’ festival where the Utsava Moorthies are taken for a procession. Along with that we have shown Ardhanareshwarar who comes out of the shrine once in a year during Deepa Thiruvizha festival which is celebrated as Karthigai Deepam.
You can see Gopurams, pillars and many more significant places of the great ancient Arunachaleshwarar temple.
The temple has several important spots with rich significance like
1. 9 Gopurams
2. Annamalaiyar Sannadhi.
3. Abithakuchalambal Sannadhi
4. Sampantha Vinayagar
5. Kambathu Ilayanar Sannadhi
6. Valaikappu Mandapam
7. Sivagangai Vinayagar
8. Gopurathu ilayanar Sannadhi
9. Pathala Lingam
10. 1000 pillar mandapam
11. Chitraguptar Sannadhi
12. Kala Bairavar Sannadhi
13. Chidambareshwarar Sannadhi
14. Ekambareshwarar Sannadhi
15. Kalahastheeshwarar Sannadhi
16. Magizha Maram (Sthala Vriksham)
17. 63 Nayanmars
18. Sivagangai Theertham

Please find the photos & video attached and the YouTube link of our Navaratri Golu in detail.
I wish this Navaratri bring more happiness & prosperity to everyone.