While “through colour” is still a trend, it’s understandable that head to toe green might have you feeling like a leprechaun, a Celtic fan or an ensemble member of the Wicked cast.

Green colour of wild forest shrubs is a major part of the ritual. During Navaratri puja, as in Ganesh Puja, many edible, medicinal and fragrant plants are collected and worshipped.

A real green is easy to find. It smells like the kale I forgot in the bottom drawer of my fridge two weeks ago, now yellow at its filigreed edges. It's the colour of chlorophyll, of the wetland ...

But there’s another hue with a secret, sensual history longing for embrace: green. The colour of nature and fertility, green is deeply connected to love in traditions throughout the world.