Rakhi is celebrated with pomp and gaiety by Hindus in different parts of India.
The ceremonious occasion commemorates the strong bond between brother and
sister. On the festival of Rakhi/Raksha Bandhan, sisters would conduct an aarti
and apply tilak on their brothers' forehead, before tying the Rakhi (sacred
thread) on their brothers' wrist. All the puja items are beautifully arranged on
a plate, which is called puja thali. The materials commonly placed in the pooja
thali may include a diya (earthen lamp) for performing the aarti, sweets, roli
(sacred color used for tilak), rice (for Akshat) and Rakhi. The beautifully
decorated Rakhi thalis gives an impression of the sister's love and care for her
brother. While the basic puja items remain the same, the puja thali can be
decorated in a number of ways. In the article, we have given few ideas for Rakhi
thali decoration.
Rakhi Thali Decoration Ideas
Floral Thali
Place the puja items including diya, rice and roli and sweetmeat in a bronze or
stainless steel thali in which petals of flowers are arranged as the base. You
can decorate the puja thali with an assortment of fresh colorful flowers. Either
fill the entire thali with the flowers, or decorate them only on the thali's
rim. The thali can be decorated by single color flowers also. Instead of an
entire flower, make use of only the petals of the flowers, so that the thali
looks pretty.
Dry-fruits Thali
Decorate your puja thali for Rakhi with dry fruits like cashew nuts, chestnuts,
raisins, cocoa nut, pistachio or almond. One after another, many circles of
different dry- fruits can be made in the thali, which gives a colorful look.
Another idea is to make an entire base of mixed dry fruits in the thali, and
then place the puja items. For the purpose, you may make use of a stainless
steel thali.
Roli-Turmeric Thali
Roli-turmeric thali is one of the basic types of puja thalis for Rakha Bandhan.
Take a bronze thali. Now, mix roli with turmeric powder, so that it becomes a
thin paste. The red and yellow combination of these two would give a traditional
look to your pooja thali. Smear the thali with the fresh roli-turmeric paste.
After the paste is dried, place the puja items in the thali, including diya,
sweetmeat and rice.
Collage Thali
You may make use of different colorful paper cuttings your Rakhi puja thali
decoration. Although the thali will wear a look of collage painting, it is
definite that it would look unique and catch the immediate attention of your
brother. Make use of paper cut outs from a magazine or newspaper, for the
purpose. The papers used in such decoration could be plain papers with single
color or the printed papers containing some or other pictures on them.
Choco-Toffee Thali
This Rakhi, come up with unique ideas for the puja thali decoration and please
your brother, on the auspicious occasion. If you are looking for something out
of the ordinary, then go for choco-toffee thali decoration. Divide the area of
the thali by drawing lines of chocolates and toffees. In every division, place
one puja item. This would look very different from the traditional puja thalis.
Sweets Rakhi Thali
Sweets can be used as decorative items for pooja thali. Either put full pieces
of the sweets in a decorative manner in the thali, or put small pieces of sweets
by cutting them into different shapes. You can also use a combination of both
the ideas. Place the puja items in between the sweets. |
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