The Girl In High Heels

I always look forward for Diwali and christmas. Always! When i was a kid i made sure that i put up a christmas tree every year without fail until it broke and apparently that year i was very naughty so my parents decided to not get me a new christmas tree :-/ but anyhow, I always loved christmas. Deepavali is two weeks away. YAY! What comes to your mind when you hear Diwali? For me it is spending time with loved ones. And also shopping and FOOD!!! There will be so many Diwali bazaars all around and I will go cuckoo. Currently, i don't know why but I am addicted to anarkilis. Everywhere i go, the first thing I will look for is anarkilis.  When i was a kid, i will go crazy for fire crackers as well and i will force my dad to get all the crackers. I still do play with fire crackers btw but not as crazy as before. LOL ....I am more addicted to shopping now :-P If you give the choice, I will go to every bazaar and get all the anarkilis there. HA HA HA. But no I have a budget to fol...

Salangai Pooja is a first stage performance, performed by a group or single (solo performance) by students who have learned all 108 adavus (Basic steps that all classical dancer must know) and 5-7 basic songs. (This depends on your teacher/guru/master). During Salangai pooja, prayers is done by placing the salangai in from of Lord Nadaraja to get his blessing (Any other god is also acceptable). The salangai will be tied by the dancers respective gurus and the dancers will perform live for the first time in front of thousands of audience. After the salangai pooja is completed, the dancers exit from beginner stage and proceed to advanced level to prepare themselves for arengetram.The dancers can now also start performing in stages and temples. Before the salangai pooja, dancers are not allowed to tie the salangai nor perform in front of large crowds. Costs to do a salangai pooja and arengetram depends on how grand you want it to be. Most of the dancers will do their salangai p...