Once the Golu is set, people form the locality ,relatives are invited to the house. Once their steps are decorated with thes colorful and lively dolls people try something creative too like setting up a miniature park, zoo ,a cricket match or anything else one could think of. The creativity doesn’t end with just doll makers. Infact its the latest craze and my cousin bought a set too ?. Dasavatharam set being the latest craze consists of 10 dols each portraying one of the 10 avatars of lord vishnu. A group of women praying in front of tulasi plant, a ramayana set, DASAVATHARAM are some examples of innovations that doll makers have brought into this festival. Shopkeepers keep their shops stuffed with dolls well before the festival starts and the Creativity of the doll makers has added more beauty. Other steps are decorated with various colorful dolls of various gods or anything that appears good.
The first step usually has a chettiyar doll like the one u can see at the right side. Once the steps are ready, each of them is decorated with small idols or dolls of gods or goddess. IT took me and my cousin about 3 hours to arrange the iron rods. There are ready made Iron steps available which after use can be dismantled and used like a shelf. My grandparents used to have wooden steps those days but nowadays people have gone way ahead. The First part in setting up of a golu is to form a base structure that is steps called as Padi ,which is usually kept in odd numbers. As far as i know, the festival is purely for girls ?.
Relatives and friends are invited to the house usually ladies and girls. Golu is a custom that is practiced here in tamil nadu during the navarathri days to worship goddess shakti/devi as mark of victory of good over evil.Three – three days are allotted each for goddess durga goddess lakshmi and goddess saraswati.