Namma Dharwad Pyaatyagina Dasara...!

 

This spot (Near Ghisulal Mehta's shop) on Subhash road, is where the sale of Dasara flowers, mango leaves and other auspicious paraphernalia begins...

 Opposite the old Maniyar fancy store...

That is the old old building that houses the Arya Vysya bank...
The old building and the rain tree beside it are my favourites... An artists delight...! Don't they make an utterly aesthetic twosome?

 The gray building in the background is the newly renovated Tikare General Stores...

 I'm sure it must have been difficult making a choice...
Today, every single flower was as fresh as could be...! :)

 It was a rare moment indeed, when their hands stopped just for those fleeting few seconds... and my camera went click before those hands began flying again and I lost the chance... :)

 Ah, finally a deal struck for the lil boy...!
I'd been watching him all along. He was waiting eagerly with just one bunch of jowar stalks from long... Everyone walked away without even so much as a glance. And then finally this guy on the motorcycle chanced to stop right in front of him... :)

 Towards the far end of Subhash road, opposite Mehta Sadi Centre...

 At Kamath Circle...
This guy and his two brothers are regulars at this spot since ten years...

 One of my dear Dasara/Diwali friends Gangavva (In blue) from Narendra village... She very proudly introduced me to her new daughter-in-law Parvati, who had accompanied her to our Dharwad Pyaati for the first time... :)

 Kumbalkai, another favourite... :)

 Was fortunate to get all four in one frame... :)

 Tireless hands and a never ending mound of flowers...
I bought as much chandhoovu as I could from her and a few others. I just hope all of them were able to make a fair profit for all the effort they've put in to grow these lovely flowers...

 And then, my new friends- sweet lil Dyamavva and her brother Parshya (Parshuram) with their mother...

 Parshya hopped alongside me (Smiling and chatting away) all through till my feet were sore from walking and it was time for me to leave for home... :)

Lil Dyamavva gave me the best smile I've ever seen...! She lit my day and made it all the more special...!! :)