A colourful and soulful display of faith


Vibrant celebration: Dr Jeyashree (left) lighting up the kutuvilaku while Kannan (right) and Chudamani (centre) arrange some of the dolls and figurines on the gollu display in conjunction with the Navarathiri festival themed ‘Night of Rhythm and Devotion’ at their house in Batu Lanchang. On the right is a miniature diorama of the holy Tiruvannamalai Hill and Girivalam route in India. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: For the past 34 years, Datuk Dr S. Jeyashree’s home has come alive every Nava­rathiri festival with her much-­awaited gollu display, with some unique diorama models.

Even more specially, there are also diorama models which are crafted from scratch by hand.

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