On Saturday afternoon, Savitri “Savvy” Iyer, her husband, Bala Iyer, and their son Rahul and daughter Shreya welcomed several other Hindu families to sing songs, share food and admire their intricate display of 100 dolls, or golu, representing an array of Hindu deities in various forms.
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Pratibha Shalini, left, is greeted with a tika mark of red kumkum powder on her forehead by Sudha Jayaraman, during a visit to her home to view her tiered display of golu dolls in Gold River, during the Hindu celebration of the nine-night festival of Navratri.
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Wearing colorful saris, Hindu women with the Telugu Association’s Natomas group, dance around Butukamma, a 7-layered stack of seasonal flowers during a celebration of the festival of Navratri.
