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Wednesday 28 October 2020
Report of the 17th Session of “SUMUKHAIVA SADHAS”
Navarathri Golu Paddhadhi – Step by Step – A Legacy of 68 years.
“The Mylapore Trio” Amarnath, Surendranath, Aparna, Sugathan and Members of Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation conducted the 17th ‘SUMUKHAIVA SADHAS’ – A Virtual Cultural Meet during this extraordinary pandemic situation and lockdown. It was a unique concept and a different conclave involving professionals of different genre. A platform was provided to a Speaker to talk on a subject of his/her choice or profession or expertise and the only criteria are, the topic must be correlated to culture and history. This was followed by an interesting questionnaire session which leads to good interaction. Every week audience learns a new subject enabling themselves to become more knowledge-centric.
The 17th Session was conducted on Sunday, 25th October, 2020 from 4.15pm to 7.00pm. The Programme began with the Prayer on the Trio's Foster Parents Smt.Sumukhi and Shri.Rajasekharan and their Grand Mother Smt. Nagammal, written and sung by Smt. Revathy Sankkaran.
This week was a very important Sadhas in which the Mylapore Trio presented a bird’s eye view of the Historic Journey of their Navarathri Golu of decades. A spectacular story of 68th year of Golu Legacy right from Sumukhi Rajasekharan to Mylapore Trio to Sugathan. The Topic was “Navarathri Golu Paddhadhi” - Step by Step.
The Topic was divided into 4 sub divisions
1. Sumukhi Amma’s Golu
2. Visitors to Trio’s Golu
3. Trio as Golu Judges
4. Trio’s Golu Workshop
It consisted of 125 colourful photos which indicated the miles stones of Trio’s Golu Legacy for many decades.
Amarnath said that right from the days of yore, the Golu tradition was a part of their Sumukhi Rajasekharan family and it was continued by Trio. He said that Amma took them to many golus by which they got introduced only to create Golu History in future. He said that their path was a long one in which there were many miles stones.
Aparna said Amma encouraged the Trio to have their own way and gave a free hand to vent out their creativity through Golu. This had made them achieve the credit of introducing many “Firsts” which were very innovative and creative and created History in those days. She listed out the major miles stones during their Golu journey.
As Boys, the 2 brothers along with their little Sister arranged Golu – 1982
Introducing the innovative Thematic Concept of Golu – 1982
Offereing Thaamboolam to both men and women during Golu – 1982
Draping of pattu saree on the golu steps – 1986
“Opinion Book” for the visitors – 1986
Every year the visitors were more than 1000 from the year 2000 onwards
They were popular for their Houseful Golu from the year 2000 onwards
The thematic explanation took a minimum of one hour from the year 2000 onwards
First of its kind Golu Workshop from 2004 onwards.
Surendranth said that Sumukhi Amma was instrumental in sowing the seeds of Golu Paddhati which made the Trio to Scale Greater Heights in future in the field and create a niche for themselves. He gave a tremendous explanation on the 4 topics for more than 2 hours describing the importance of every photo and its significance.
Sumukhi Amma’s Golu –
A good family pics of Trio, Sumukhi Amma and Nagammal Paati,
Amma’s New Golu pics arranged on the steps made of slaughtered angles,
Surender’s hand made handworks made of different waste materials,
Beginning of thematic Golus and Pattu Saree draping on Golu steps,
Purchase and display of New Dolls of various kinds of material & texture,
Equal Hospitality to One and All…
Visitors to Trio’s Golu –
This segment started during Amma’ Days and continue till date,
More than 1000 guests visited our thematic golu every year.
They included VVIPS to Simple people from the nearby slums. Academicians, Educationists, Directors, Intellectuals, Scholars, Professors, Doctors, Teachers, Administrators, Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians, Doyens from Kalakshetra, Public figures, Friends, Relatives Neighbours, Students from Schools and Colleges, Foreigners from the USA, Germany, Uk, France, Office Colleagues, Slum Dwellers including Children, Oldage women, etc. the list goes on… people cutting across Religion, Caste, Language, Economic and Social status visited their house Golu.
Trio as Golu Prize Winners and Judges –
The next step in the Golu ladder was Prizes won by the Trio for their Houseful Thematic Golu.
Prizes
Best Golu Prize from Jaya Tv in 2000 and Raj TV in 2003.
First Prize in Mylapore Times, Mylapore Talk and NIIT.
Judges
For more than a Decade the Mylapore Trio were the Official Judges of the popular Mylapore Times Golu Contest. They visited nearly 150 houses every year and had a rich experience in adjudicating the best golus. They visited the nook and corner of Mylapore and its neighbourhood in search of small and grand golus. They never differentiated between the rich and the poor. They encouraged everyone who was interested in keeping a golu.
Trio’s Golu Workshop –
An innovative concept introduced by the Mylapore Trio based on the rich and in-depth experience they had gained over the decades from the days of Sumuhki Amma. They had mastered the art of thematic golus over a few decades. This is a programme in which they explained the A – Z of golus from the scratch. Construction, Decorations, Arranging of Dolls, Thematic Concepts, Method of the display, Colour schemes, Maintenance of Dolls of different material and Texture, the Dos and Donts of putting up the Golu, the Historical, Religious, Spiritual, Cultural and Social Significance of Golu, Packing and Preservation apart from the lighter side of Golus. This Workshop has been for 16 years and hundreds of people have been benefitted by this. This was a unique concept of the Trio.
The entire lecture was very interesting, narrative, descriptive and elaborate in nature. There were around 125 photos which actually is only 1/10 of their collection.
Sugathan said that he was inspired by the Mylapore Trio and started keeping Golu from the year 2012 Trio’s sentimental dolls were passed on to him to continue the Golu legacy of Sumukhi Amma. Today it is spreading and increasing day by day.
The online Audience was really amazed to learn the rich experience of the Trio in the field of Golu and wanted the whole history to be documented for the benefit of the future generation.
As per the diktat of the Foundation, all the participants were in Multi-Colour attire.
The Programme ended with a happy note to meet again next week with a different Speaker and a Topic.
Saturday 24 October 2020
Report of the 16th Session of “SUMUKHAIVA SADHAS”
“The Mylapore Trio” Amarnath, Surendranath, Aparna, Sugathan and Members of Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation conducted the 16th‘SUMUKHAIVA SADHAS’ – A Virtual Cultural Meet during this extraordinary pandemic situation and lockdown. It was a unique concept and a different conclave involving professionals of different genre. The BIRDS OF “DIFFERENT FEATHERS’’ FLOCKED TOGETHER. A platform was provided to a Speaker to talk on a subject of his/her choice or profession or expertise and the only criteria are, the topic must be correlated to culture and history. This was followed by an interesting questionnaire session which leads to a good interaction. Every week audience learn a new subject enabling themselves to become more knowledge-centric.
The 16th Session was conducted on Sunday, 18th October, 2020 from 4.15pm to 7.00pm. The Programme began with the Prayer on the Trio's Foster Parents Smt. Sumukhi and Shri. Rajasekharan and their Grand Mother Smt. Nagammal, written and sung by Smt. Revathy Sankkaran.
The topic of last week Saddhas was “Golu Paakkalaam Vaanga”.This session was something special because we visited around 10 houses to have a glimpse of their respective Golus of Our Foundation Members.
Surendranth said that Sumukhi Amma used to purchase very huge dolls from panruti for her golu during her days which was all a visual treat. He also felt that this virtual golu visit was a new experience and in future it might turn out to be a 3D virtual golu with the visitors wearing 3D spectacles and reaching out to the dolls with their hands….a innovative thought indeed.
The first house we visited was Shakambari Mother’s Golu at West Mambalam. It was a very compact golu with a warm welcome and a good hospitality, was really heart touching. Her “signature campaign” is very exclusive and a novel idea.
The next was Septuagenarian Usha Krishnamuthy and her daughter Sindhu’s house at Mylapore. She gave a traditional welcome and explained about her antique silver miniature toys and a few more old dolls which were of many decades.
The third golu was of Balambika and her cute little son Murari. Her golu had few age old ancestral dolls. The highlight was the small golu arranged by Murari and his explanation.
The fourth was that of kids Krishnamurty and his sister Soundarya. A golu arranged in a small and cute manner. But the explanation and the interpretation of the boy was amazing. His little sister was traditionally decked up in “madisar” was interesting to look at.
The fifth was Preethi’s golu at her Bombay apartment was arranged for the first time after her marriage. Her arrangement of dolls was neat and her marapachi bommais were the highlight.
The sixth golu was Preethi’s mother Smt. Lakshmi at Pallavaram, was full of her hand work as usual and interesting. The golu exhibited her creativity and collection of a variety of dolls with colourful display. Her hospitality was a well known fact even virtually.
The seventh golu we visited was a small thematic golu on “Gurus” by Septuagenarian Smt. Vidya Sayinath at Thiruvanmiyur. She had displayed all the gurus and teachers who had impacted her life. Her creative art works and paintings are a visual treat to one and all.
The eighth golu was a traditional golu by little boy Arya Venkatesh. He was dressed up like a “Mama” in dhothi and bare body. His “Baby Talk” and ‘Boyish Explanation’ was the hightlight of his golu.
The nineth golu was none other than Sughathan’s golu at Thiruvanmiyur. This time he had arranged a golu of different shape and size to suit the needs. His innovative and creative thought of Oonjal Golu was appreciable. He had placed his favourite goddess Rajamatangi on a Mandap and the same was placed on a traditional Oonjal with two Gandharvas tided on either side to shower flowers on the Goddess. It looked realistic as if we were in a Temple. His explanation was informative and interesting.
The last but not the least golu was that of Aradhana’s mother Sreeja at Mylapore. Her golu with big Perumal and Thayar looked very divine decked up with flowers. Her explanation was reflecting her family sentiments.
Aparna said that Sumukhi Amma gave the best freedom to do what ever we wanted to do culturally and spiritually. She got us the best of dolls and encouraged our creativity and imagination.
At the end, Amarnath said that Sumukhi Amma taught us the cultural and the social aspects of Golu. She made us arrange golu though we were boys and kindled our artistic flavour. That gave us a vent to exhibit our creativity.
Sugathan’s Naturo Upaya explained the goodness of preparing and eating a variety of Sundals during Navarathri. These are highly rich in every aspect – fibre, minerals, calcium, protein etc.
For the first time in the Sadhas, a group 30 senior citizens joined the meeting from the Dignity Foundation. They all enjoyed seeing the various virtual golus. They appreciated the efforts of our Foundation. Ms. Felista Jose of Dignity Foundation had given them this opportunity to join our saddhas last week. She was earlier a part of MCDS and had been to Trio's golu for years, along with the children and elders of Dooming Kuppam at Foreshore Estate. Since its golu time she remembered us and brought their members for this virtual meet.
As per the diktat of the Foundation, all the participants were in maroon and olive green attire.
The
Programme ended with a happy note to meet again next week with a different
Speaker and a Topic.
Saturday 17 October 2020
16th "Sumukhaiva Sadhas" - A Virtual Cultural Meet on Sunday, 18th Oct., 2020 at 4pm
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Report of the 15th Session of “SUMUKHAIVA SADHAS”
“The Mylapore Trio” Amarnath, Surendranath, Aparna, Sugathan and Members of Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation conducted the 15th ‘SUMUKHAIVA SADHAS’ – A Virtual Cultural Meet during this extraordinary pandemic situation and lockdown. It was a unique concept and a different conclave involving professionals of different genre. The BIRDS OF “DIFFERENT FEATHERS’’ FLOCKED TOGETHER. A platform was provided to a Speaker to talk on a subject of his/her choice or profession or expertise and the only criteria are, the topic must be correlated to culture and history. This was followed by an interesting questionnaire session which leads to good interaction. Every week audience learns a new subject enabling themselves to become more knowledge-centric.
The 15th Session was conducted on Sunday, 11th October, 2020 from 4.15pm to 7.00pm. The Programme began with the Prayer on the Trio's Foster Parents Smt. Sumukhi and Shri. Rajasekharan and their Grand Mother Smt. Nagammal, written and sung by Smt. Revathy Sankkaran.
Surendranth said that Sumukhi Amma used to do Dyhanam during Brahma muhurtham every day. She used to imagine the earth as agal, the sea as oil, as wick and Sun as Jyothi. He also said that she has taught us meditation and involved us with the Brahma Kumaris organisation through which we learnt many things.
The day’s Speaker was Smt. Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan who talked about “Vaazhkayin Nokkam” – meditation, yoga and purpose of life. She has done her M.Sc on Yoga and associated herself with ‘Vaazhga Valamudan’ institution for some time. She has gained a lot of experiences in a life after undergoing many training programmes with them.
She said after her retirement she faced so many physical and mental problems and hence indulged in Yoga and Meditation. She has imbibed a good amount of information in Spiritual aspects and Philosophy. She said the purpose of life is to help others and the joy in it is inexplicable. Be good and Do good is the essence of her talk. Her interpretation of Dasavataram by quoting her Guru was superb.
Her speech in Tamizh was amazing and her quotes from Thirumooolar, Thiruvalluvar, Bharathiyar and others were apt and good. She referred to many literary and historical aspects which gave a boost to her speech. On the whole, her talk was very interesting and spiritually resounding and made the audience to open their mind to see and realise the very purpose of life.
Aparna said that Sumukhi Amma gave the Trio an insight into the spiritual world and trained them into various aspects of life. She opened their heart and soul and instilled the purpose of life – To Serve All and Help All. She said Amma taught her to bring about peace of mind even while in the most stressed state of mind.
In the end, Amarnath appreciated the Speaker for her wonderful lecture which he said though was not a new concept, already propounded by great savants and saints of India, the way the speaker explained was very enticing and attractive. He said Amma had taken them to Transcendental Meditation at Kalki Gardens and got them initiated into the spiritual life even at a very young age.
Sugathan felt that Dance & Music is the best way to bring in the peace to body and mind. It not only gives mental relaxation but also makes our thoughts pure and divine. He opines Dance & Music are also a Yoga to lead a peaceful life.
Sugathan’s Naturo Upaya explained the goodness of doing different physical Yoga postures strengthen our physic as well as mind.
As per the diktat of the Foundation, all the participants were in Brown attire.
The Programme ended with a happy note to meet again next week with a different Speaker and a Topic.
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