Friday, December 16, 2011

2011 Jaanta Raja Mumbai tickets price availability

The stage depiction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's coronation ceremony is known as Jaanta Raja (meaning wise King). It will be presented at the Shivaji Park grounds in Mumbai on 6 days next week. The program has been organised by the well known Shivaji scholar Babasaheb Purandare and his organization Maharaja Shivchhatrapati Pratishthan, Pune.


Read the review of Jaanta Raja
Crowning the Maratha King (~ image courtesy Raja Shivchhatrapati-Babasaheb Purandare)

Venue: Shivaji Park grounds (entry from gate at Keluskar Road north)
Time: 6.30p.m. (on all days it is at the same time)

Dates
December 20th, 2011
December 21st, 2011
December 22nd, 2011
December 23rd, 2011
December 24th, 2011
December 25th, 2011

Ticket rates: Rs.150/- (tiered stand seating) , Rs.200/- (plastic chair seating), Rs.500/-(red upholstered chair seating)
Rs.200/- ticket for the event
Event Guidelines:-
1. You are not allowed to take in any type of bag. Snacks (wafers, popcorn, juice) are sold inside.
2. You are not allowed to take any photographs or videos, so do not take your camera/handycam.
3. You are not allowed to carry bottles of water inside.
4. Entry will be given starting at 6p.m.
5. The seating arrangements are as per ticket rates, but each section has no seat numbers. You can select your seat in your section on first-come-first-served basis.
6. You are expected to come early & take your seat before the program begins.

Where to buy tickets for 2011 Jaanta Raja event:
Shivaji Mandir Theatre
N.C. Kelkar Road, next to Star Mall,
Dadar (West)
Mumbai - 400028
Ph: 022- 2430 4566 
Booking times: 8.30a.m. - 11a.m./ 5p.m.-8p.m.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Bridal mehndi design for the right hand






The above mehndi patterns can also be done on the back side of the left hand!

Bridal mehndi design for the left hand





The above designs can also be done on the back of the right hand!

Bridal mehndi design for the back of the hand

The mehndi design patterns can be done on the back side of the hands, including the fingers.




Note the mehndi design done just below the neck too

Bridal mehndi design for the wrist

These are mehndi designs which can be done downwards from the wrist, just below the palms.

 In the above design, the mehndi peacock design pattern flows naturally from the palm to the wrist.

The above design stretches downwards from the outside of the wrist down towards the elbow.

Mehndi design pattern of bride and groom

This bridal mehndi design pattern depicts the miniature figures of the bride and the groom on each of the hands


Friday, October 21, 2011

Diwali Faraal Ladoo poem

Soft boondi ladoos
लाडू जणू  बोल  गोल
धक्का  दिल्यास  रोक-एंड-रोल 
लडूमध्ये साजुक  तूप
लाडू देते  शक्ति  खूप 

लडूमध्ये  वेलदोडे 
बादाम-काजुचे टुकड़े 
संगे त्यात चारोली 
लडूला लज्जत  आली 

लाडलाड  लाड  लडू गोद 
त्याची  केली  तोड़म तोड़
लाडू  खला  गोड़ोबा
लाडू  माझा लाडोबा

Written by Prakash Teredesai (Diwali Faraal, Amol Prakashan, Pune)
Diwali Faraal types & how to make them