In this post, I will try to explain cotton related items my mom does during festive season. We call it "Vastra", translated as clothing, which is offered to God during pooja. Next week we have Lord Ganesha and Godess Gowri pooja, which is very big festival all over India.
Step 1 - Loosen the cotton:
Raw Cotton contains lot of seeds and it will not be as feathery as shown below. It will be very dense. First step is to pull layers of cotton make it less dense.
You can see dense cotton and loosen cotton (on the plate) here ->
Step 2 - Creation of Threads
Above raw is converted as threads as shown below using hands and milk
Step 3 - Different Kinds
Different designs of threads are created using milk. Some of them will have bulb and flat as shown below.
Step 4 - Colorful decoration
Using Kumkum, the Vastra is decorated
Step 5 - All kinds
The round shaped flat structured vastra is specially made of "Ganapathi" and the bulb-flat design is offered to Godess Gowri.
Complete Album:
5 comments:
heyy awesme 1 suni!! :)
Amazing pictures...great camera makes most things interesting :)
making of hoobatti.. my mom makes it every evening :)
@Manasa: Yaaa hoo batti. She also does.. I think in our generation, all those things might not be there..
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