Mylapore Festival

Dear friends,

This December being in Chennai, I was able to enjoy the music season, sumptuous food in the sabhas as well as the Mylapore festival. Being born and brought up in Mylapore, I enjoyed every moment of this festival.

The best was the Kolam contest in North Mada street. There were many eager participants and were given 4ft x x4ft space in which they can draw their own kolam. Each one outshone the other and it would have been a tough task to judge which was the best. There was also the Pallankuzhi contest. Not to miss the food festival.

One part of the festival was organised in Nageswara Rao Park. This morning was the Treasure Hunt and there were many enthusiastic participants. All walkers in this park are put to nice kucheris in the mornings. All aspiring young singers and they are too good.

This festival has brought people of all walks of life together as a family. I am happy that I was one among them.

Jayashree

Dear Friends,
I just now returned from the Mylapore festival. I took photos of a few kolams, which I am posting below.
I felt, last year there was much more festivity around & more stalls.
Small eateries supplying freshly made bondas, masal vadai, onion oothappam, idiyappam, kesari were doing good business.
Anyway, it was enjoyable going round - all said & done, I am a Mylaporean for the past 40+ years !
Love,
Chithra.

hello everybody,

today i had been to the festival. being Sunday, it was very much crowded. the most crowded place was pitchupillai street where students from Stella Marys College and Ethiraj College were put up stalls.

they have displayed earrings, necklace made out of beads, a mehendi shop, handicrafts, block printed salwar materials etc. on the other side of the street few people were posing for portraits by talented youths.

in front of Kapaleeswarar Temple Mandapam few dramas and cultural shows were staged. overall it was very delightful to watch the festival.

My, my, wish I were there. At this time of my life, all my time is being spent for the family. I would have very much liked to visit the festival.
But thanks to you three, I got to glimpse the festival.
Lovely kolams, took me to those days when I would draw large kolams on the road.

Dear Friends

I missed it i really really............missed it..........i was in mylapore for very short period......but that has become my favourite place ........i enjoyed each and every moment there.........i was planning to go with my friend in madaveli .........unfortunately .....i was not able to go......feeling very unlcuky.......

Hi Jayshree, thank u very much for starting the thread........its very glad to hear that, u get chance this year to enjoy all this festivals.......ENJOY.........


Chitra mam

Thank u very much for posting the snaps, u shld not have mentioned about the eateries and tempt people like me.......:mrgr een:

if u have some more snaps pls post all those also ........let us have feast to our eyes ....

ENJOY mam.....

Managed to peep in.It was really lovely.Wish they had diverted traffic and closed all the road.It was chaotic and it was really sad to see people driving their vehicles over the well drawn kolams after sometime.Kolams were really well drawn and perfect to the core.