How to make lotus flower garland

Lotus garland } Thamarai poo malai } for Purattasi Saturday Pooja } Laxmi Puja | Lotus is one of the most beautiful flowers and is associated with Gods and Goddesses and hence used for Puja decoration. We invariably find images of Gods seated on Lotus. The pink lotus is associated with Goddess Lakshmi and white lotus flower with Goddess Saraswathi. The traditional method of making garland is shown in the photos . I have added as many images as possible to make it easy for step by step learning , the closest one can get to a video. First we have to prepare the banana fibre called vazhai naaru in Tamil. Vazhai thandu is the correct word in Tamil. I do not know the equivalent for thandu - stem is associated with plants and bark is associated with trees - even though I studied botany I do not remember the exact word that can replace thandu in English. So let me use the Tamil words as much as possible. The banan...