Sunday, April 26, 2015

Santhana Kaapu- Sandalwood Art

Its been ages since I've posted, and feels like ages since I've offered the Goddess a sandalwood covering. I recently found myself acquiring a new deity of Devi and took the opportunity to decorate her with sandalwood. This deity is much bigger than I'm used too and at first the covering was a bit intense as it always is. I realized that we often forget and downplay the amount of work and effort that goes into all of these activities, looking at photos we see the final product but little do we know/appreciate the hard work and dedication that goes into preparing them

So here are some pictures. 
close up of Devi

santhana kaapu
Irrukankudi Mariamman the goddess who sits between two rivers- rajuna and Vaiparu well here in Durban she is sitting between the Palmiet and  Umgeni Rivers currently.