Thiruvananthapuram gears up for Deepavali with handmade lanterns, sweets, and hampers

‘Tis the season of festivities and feasts. And Thiruvananthapuram is getting decked up for Deepavali, the competition of lights. Sweets in myriad flavours, conventional and progressive, savouries infused with fragrant spices, and muffins with an Indian twist are simply a few of the eats made by enterprising dwelling cooks. In the meantime to usher within the season’s colors, there are craftspersons handcrafting lanterns, windspinners and diya holders.

MetroPlus speaks to a few of the girls who’re creating the colors and flavours of Deepavali 2024.

Let there be gentle

Saraswathi Vasudevan’s nimble fingers can create wonders with needle and thread. This time, she and her crochet buddies determined to make lanterns, windcatchers, diya holders and so forth for Deepavali.

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“Made with brightly-coloured threads, the cylindrical lanterns are made to order. It may be customised to any size. The usual ones are about six inches in top and 4 inches in diameter. It’s made to carry electrical candles and are secure to deal with,” says Saraswathi, who runs Tejas, an outlet for equipment and handmade merchandise at Chalakkuzhi Lane.

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The windspinners, about 22 inches lengthy, may be held on doorways or on home windows and after they catch the wind, they spin. “These will also be customised,” she provides.

Saraswathi has additionally obtained tea candle holders so as to add a splash of color to your property. Costs begin from ₹180 for the windspinners, ₹300 for the lanterns and ₹200 for the candle holders.

The final date to put orders is October 26. (contact: 9447001722)

Handcrafted diya holders made by Vineetha Nair. 
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Vineetha Nair’s painted diya holders, embellished with mirrors, are supposed to give a festive contact to your decor. “Normally, I crochet candle holders. This time, I made a decision to additionally paint diya holders and embellish them. The fabric used shouldn’t be inflammable,” says Vineetha, a former artwork trainer who runs Sarga Inventive Area.

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She says the work on the diya holders have been impressed by Lippan artwork, a standard artwork of Kutch that makes use of clay and mirror to brighten partitions. “These diya holders are best as items and in addition to herald the glow of the competition into your houses. (contact: 7907521914)

Resin diyas made by Indulekha KR.
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Indulekha KR’s lotus-shaped candle holders fabricated from resin are available in pretty colors of the season. These are made to order and value ₹360 every. (contact: 8281434377)

Hampers galore

Fancy an Alia Bhatt milk cake jar! Then go for Priya Kolassery’s hamper, which shall be delivered on October 30. It has an fascinating mixture of conventional eats and a few fascinating new ones fabricated from sweets, carrots and dates.

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The hamper, which prices ₹1,500, has unniyappam, munthirikkothu, murukku, chocolate bar, jumbo cookie, badushah, mini chocolate dream cake, maaladdu, Alia Bhatt milk cake jar, milk peda and carrot and chocolate cake.

Badushah is likely one of the sweets in Priya Kolassery’s hamper with do-it-yourself delicacies.
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And the Alia Bhatt milk cake jar? “Oh, that’s nothing however our tres leches cake. Ever since she talked about in an interview how a lot she loved having it in London, the dessert has been trending on social media.”

Priya says that on the day of Deepavali (October 31), she can have mutton curry and duck curry for dinner. (contact 8138965570).

Deepavali hampers made by Parvathy Ravikumar.
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If pictures are you method of ushering within the spirit of Deepavali, dwelling prepare dinner Parvathy Ravikumar has a hamper with sitaphal sandesh cake pictures. As well as, there’s creamy coconut, gulkhand pudding, rasmalai cookies, kesari and kaju katli truffle pops, all for ₹1,000. The baskets shall be accessible for supply on October 29, 30 and 31. (Whatsapp her on 8281783917).

Sankari Manikandan ghee Mysorepak is likely one of the highlights of her premium hamper.
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Sankari Manikandan has two sorts of hampers for the competition. One has laddu, jalebi, badushah, mysore pak, wheat halwa and spicy combination (₹299); the premium candy field accommodates ghee mysore pak, milk candy, kaju katli, baklava, dates laddu, mothichoor laddu, halwa, jalebi, badushah and combination (₹599). Orders need to be positioned by October 26 and the containers shall be delivered on October 28 and 29. Contact: 7806965470

Mohanthaal is likely one of the sweets within the hamper of Gujarati delicacies made by Pooja Shah for Deepavali in Thiruvananthapuram. 
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Pooja Shah is cooking platters of Gujarati sweets corresponding to pedas, motichoor laddu, kachoris, totally different sorts of chaats and extra. Orders shall be accepted until October 26 and supply shall be on October 28 and 29. (contact: 9895595054)

Common culinary teacher Marina Charles has a hamper that has do-it-yourself goodies corresponding to rosemilk cake, rasmalai cake, gulab jamun cheesecake, Karachi biscuits and custard cookies. “The hamper may be customised. You may select what you need within the hamper and the value relies on that. The usual hamper with two varieties of muffins, cheesecake and cookies value ₹1,400,” says Marina.

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Orders shall be accepted until October 28 and the baskets shall be delivered on October 30 and 31. Contact: 9379398865