Onam Mathoru...

Hope you had a wonderful Onam celebration with loved ones...

     Indian   Jaggery Cubes...                          

For  one of the most elegant Mathevar/ Mahadevar/Mathoru created by RamaT at my grandparents home. These un-fired, fresh, clay figures were always proportionate, sharp-edged and symmetrical. My grandfather and later, my Uncle took  care in marking the ritual design on them: sharp rice flour lines running down the sides of the obelisk. After the last day of celebrations, it would be left among the flowerbeds to melt into the earth with the elements. Like Mahabali...

Maybe a cousin will email pictures and the post could be updated. Meanwhile, this goes to Susan's Black and White Wednesdays, hosted this week by Anusha of Tomato Blues.