It is Navratri and Chennai’s streets in religious centres like Mylapore; Triplicane, Nanganallur and West Mambalam have become colourful with plenty of clay and paper mache dolls on sale for the Golu.

Every year, Poompuhar puts up a display of golu dolls at an enclosure outside the showroom on Big Bazaar Street. R Suganya has been participating in this yearly tradition from the time she was in ...