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One 54-page PDF, delivered instantly by email and as a download link right after purchase.
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It’s US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in). On A4 paper, choose “Fit to page” in your print settings and it prints perfectly.
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Colour is recommended. Some puzzles use colours, like spotting what changed or matching flowers. It also prints in black and white if needed.
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Ages 3–8. Younger children point, talk and count with a grown-up. Older children can work through the clues and challenges on their own. Answers for grown-ups are included.
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Scissors and a glue stick. A grown-up cuts out the labelled dolls, and your child arranges them on the Golu steps.
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Navratri & Dussehra: A Celebration Through Stories and Play (Printable PDF, Ages 3–8)
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Five stories. Five ways to celebrate. One Golu you make yourself.
Mira opens Ammamma’s Golu box. Nyra joins her first Garba circle. Avani gives up her favourite flower for the Bathukamma. Samriddhi meets Maa Durga’s lion. Aarav follows a dhol through a Dussehra fair.
Each short illustrated story leads straight into puzzles built from it, so children keep thinking about what they just read:
- Look & Find: spot the differences, picture clues
- Solve with Clues: logic puzzles, counting, sharing, measuring
- Try a Challenge: harder questions for older children
- Rhythm games: clap-and-tap patterns to play together
- Words & Names to Know: simple explanations of Golu, Garba, Bathukamma, vahana and more
The book ends with labelled Golu dolls (the Dasavatharam, Marapachi Bommai, a Kalyanam and more) to cut out and arrange on your own Golu steps, plus a page to draw how your family celebrates.
🎁 Free Golu Bonus Pack: a QR code on the Golu page links to a free printable of all 27 dolls and the Golu steps, so you can make another Golu any time.
The stories draw on Golu in Tamil Nadu, Garba in Gujarat, Bathukamma in Telangana, Durga Puja in West Bengal and a Dussehra fair in Rajasthan. The book also reminds readers that families celebrate in different ways.
For ages 3–8. Younger children point, talk and count with a grown-up; older children work through the clues and challenges on their own. Answers for grown-ups included.
What you get
- Instant download: one 56-page PDF
- US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in), in full colour
- Print at home tonight and use it this Navratri
You’ll need: a colour printer, pencils or crayons, and scissors and a glue stick for the Golu project.
A thoughtful gift for Navratri, Golu visits, Kanya Puja and Dussehra.
Printing for your own household is permitted. Please don’t share or resell the file.
Made by Yuvarekha Sampath · Paramparā · parampara.foundation
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Meet Yuvi
Hi, I’m Yuvarekha Sampath — Yuvi to most people who know me — a mother of two and the founder of Paramparā.
I grew up around people who knew how to make things with their hands. My mother can draw a kolam while carrying on a conversation; I can draw one too, but I still have to stop and think. That difference stayed with me.
Years later, while raising my own children far from India, I began wondering: what will they truly know? Not just what they will recognize in a photograph or see once a year at a festival, but what they will actually know how to do.
That question became Paramparā.
I created Paramparā to explore India’s living traditions in a deeper way, not just as things to admire, but as knowledge to understand, practise, and pass on.
Because sometimes what we inherit is not an object.
It is knowing how.