Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Two halves of a walnut shell, a whole betelnut (supari); a thick string (for the sacred thread); two whole cashewnuts cut into halves; glue; colours and a paintbrush.
1. Paint one half of the walnut white. This is the body of the panditji wearing a white dhoti. Allow it to dry.
2. Glue the other half of the walnut on top of this. Now glue the betelnut on top to form the head of the panditji.
3. Stick the cashewnut halves on the upper and lower shells like arms and legs.
4. Paint the eyes, nose and mouth, the tilak and tuft (shendi) of the panditji on the supari.
5. Pass the string over the left shoulder and across the right half to represent the sacred thread.
Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
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Chowpatty, Mumbai - 400 007
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Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.