Gokulashtami/Krishna Janmashtami Kolam to celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna Of the various kolam created on Gokulashtami, drawing the feet of baby Krishna is a custom in Tamil-Nadu and a sign of welcoming the Divine at home. I have always been moved by the women printing with their fists dipped in wet rice flour, tiny footprints from the threshold to the altar.
God Ganesha/Pillaiyar Pillaiyar, the Remover of obstacles Ganesha, the elephant-headed god known as Pillaiyar in Tamil, is probably the best known Indian god in the West. He’s known for his jolliness and round belly, a sign of his love for sweets. It is believed that he wrote the great epic the Mahabharata, dictated to him by the sage Vyasa.
