Scenes from the Mayapur Academy

Haribol!

Here are some pictures from various classes from the Mayapur Academy course.  Graduation is this Thursday!

Rangoli--part of Ladies Samskaras course

made using flower petals and white flour

made from colored powder and white flour--some of the gurukula girls did this one, pretty huh?

it all starts somewhere...

finished piece

made from seeds, colored rice, flower petals and pieces and colored powder

 Raj Bhoga cooking assessment 

(they actually got to cook for Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Sri Pancha Tattva & Sri Nrsimhadev!)

check out those massive mounds of rice!

 Making Yajna Kunds--Mens Samskaras course

centering the first layer

working your way up...

this one was huge, can ya tell?

this little platform is for the priest to sit.

building a wall around the kunda

layer it with a mixture of cow dung and clay

let it dry!

little ones can be made too

or medium sized...

decorating and practicing performing yajnas (this isn't bala nitai in the pic)

preparing for their assessment...

Dressmaking course

(Learning how to stretch fabric for dress making and transferring designs onto the cloth)

draw design onto thick tracing paper

unassembled cloth frame

sewing the fabric on to be stretched

To transfer the design, you poke little holes all along your design line, place it on the stretched fabric and paint a smelly mixture of turpentine and chalk (i think rubbing alcohol would work just as well).  The liquid evaporates, leaving a fine tiny design (the color of the chalk) for you to sew/embroider over.

Festivals course

learning how to apply and refine chandan on deities

Temple Worship

assembling abhishek materials

sweet little homemade lamp holders for abhishek

deco for where the deities will receive abhishek

abhishek tables, ready for assessments to begin

um, I'm not positive what this tray is for specifically...i'll have to ask bala nitai!  but it looks nice, right?