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It was a riot of colour in Saraswathipuram

Staff Correspondent

`Rangoli' competition, a big draw

VISUAL TREAT: One of the biggest `rangolis' that adorned the streets of Saraswathipuram in Mysore on Tuesday. - PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

MYSORE: It was a riot of colour in the 14 lanes of Saraswathipuram here on Tuesday when Janavijnana Vedike and Saraswathipuram Yuvaka Sangha organised a "rangoli" competition to mark International Women's Day and Ugadi.

According to vedike convener V. Jagannath, the competition was conducted to create awareness among women on the importance of keeping the vicinity clean and to revive the "rangoli" tradition, he said.

Vanishing tradition

The tradition of drawing designs in front of houses with coloured sand or rice powder has been vanishing slowly with the advent of modernity.

The origin of "rangoli" is traced to legends recorded in the Chitralakshna, the earliest Indian treatise on painting. The motifs in traditional "rangoli" are drawn from nature.

Women of about 1,000 households in Saraswathipuram participated in the competition. "Rangolis" representing nature in its varied facets were really a treat to the eyes.

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