Sanjhi
sanjhi festival namesake goddess mainly woman girl part delhi punjab haryana uttar pradesh sanjhi name mother goddess image made mud molded various shape cosmic body face goddess get different color local potter make image various body part like arm leg face decked ornament weapon addition make image look beautiful gracious addition image way depend upon economic mean family image designed first day nine day durga puja navratri every day woman neighborhood invited singing bhajans performing aarti young girl also gather offer adoration mother believed get suitable husband aarti bhajans chanted daily elderly woman guide others men also part puja work day get sanjhi image prepared wall family seek fulfillment wish termed mannat punjabi people also seek blessing marriage daughter kirtan performed image immersed water last day sanjhi festival end immersion sanjhi day dussehra girl offer prayer food goddess every day traditional art vraja lord krishna homeland sanjhi intrinsically linked transcendental sport divine couple krishna radha whose play love depicted sanjhi design vaishnava theology trace origin sanjhi divine lila sanjhi design created radha order evoke lord krishna presence folk mythology also hold another version lila according lord krishna evening twilight time prepared beautiful image radha made flower order appease early tradition preparing sanjhis made cow dung flower still practiced village taken vaishnava temple around thth century developed highly sophisticated art form practiced specially trained brahman priest major type temple sanjhi prepared dry color upon octagonal earthen platform symbolizing eightpetalled lotus heart hauda design constitutes seat divine couple sanctum sanctorum intricate layout artfully interlocked diagonal pattern enables expansion divinity towards eight direction worship mystic design sanjhi rooted early hinduism tantrism obvious parallel vajrayana mahayana buddhism case song rendered front design constitutes central element worship punjabi folk religion