During the festive season, many homeowners consider a home makeover. One customary ritual people do is to deep clean their homes and paint home walls. This is done to welcome Goddess Lakshmi, believed to enter only clean and well-lit homes, bringing with her good fortune and well-being! Diwali gives you the perfect opportunity to inspect your house exteriors and interiors carefully and remove any dust, bacteria, fungus and leakage issues that may have occurred during the monsoon season. Prepare for this amazing festival by making your home beautiful with Berger Express Painting service!

Is it even festive season without courtyards and entrances being decked up with Rangoli? Combining precision, symmetry and complexity, Rangoli is designs made of hand drawn geometric lines and curved loops believed to bring good luck, prosperity and to welcome guests. But it is a lesser known fact that each state of India has its own way of making Rangoli and they are called by different names! In South India, it is known as Kolam. In Rajasthan, Mandala drawings are drawn on walls. Chowk Purana in Uttar Pradesh and Aripan in Bihar refer to decorating the floor with unique designs made using flour and rice paste!

On the last day of Shardiya Navratri, married Bengali Hindu women offer vermilion or sindoor to Goddess Durga and apply it on each other, a ritual that is known as Sindoor Khela. The origins of the festival are not exactly known but according to popular folklore, the festival began around 200 years ago in the Durga Pujas of the zamindar houses to promote cheer and bonhomie among housewives! The women are seen wearing white sarees with a red border and accessorise with traditional jewellery and dramatic make-up as they celebrate this ritual that symbolises the strength of womanhood.

During the festive season, many homeowners consider a home makeover. One customary ritual people do is to deep clean their homes and paint home walls. This is done to welcome Goddess Lakshmi, believed to enter only clean and well-lit homes, bringing with her good fortune and well-being! Diwali gives you the perfect opportunity to inspect your house exteriors and interiors carefully and remove any dust, bacteria, fungus and leakage issues that may have occurred during the monsoon season. Prepare for this amazing festival by making your home beautiful with Berger Express Painting service!

Is it even festive season without courtyards and entrances being decked up with Rangoli? Combining precision, symmetry and complexity, Rangoli is designs made of hand drawn geometric lines and curved loops believed to bring good luck, prosperity and to welcome guests. But it is a lesser known fact that each state of India has its own way of making Rangoli and they are called by different names! In South India, it is known as Kolam. In Rajasthan, Mandala drawings are drawn on walls. Chowk Purana in Uttar Pradesh and Aripan in Bihar refer to decorating the floor with unique designs made using flour and rice paste!

On the last day of Shardiya Navratri, married Bengali Hindu women offer vermilion or sindoor to Goddess Durga and apply it on each other, a ritual that is known as Sindoor Khela. The origins of the festival are not exactly known but according to popular folklore, the festival began around 200 years ago in the Durga Pujas of the zamindar houses to promote cheer and bonhomie among housewives! The women are seen wearing white sarees with a red border and accessorise with traditional jewellery and dramatic make-up as they celebrate this ritual that symbolises the strength of womanhood.