Karnataka - Hubli-Dharwad   

A colourful close to fest

Creativity in action: A schoolgirl participating in the rangoli competition in Hubli recently.

Hubli: The premises of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple here wore a colourful look as its galleries turned into a veritable canvas of colours with rows of children drawing colourful rangolis of different hues and shapes on Thursday.

A rangoli contest was organised at the temple as part of the valedictory function of the ten-day heritage festival. The children made the best use of the opportunity to bring out the different moods of the event through the time honoured art of rangoli. As many as 300 schoolchildren took part in the contest with full enthusiasm.

Feast for the eyes

It was an experience to treasure for the visitors to see little hands give shape to their imagination by way of drawing rangolis. Using their creativity, the participants, with their beautiful innocent minds gave expression to the themes of the festival in myriad colourful ways on the floor. While a few of the participants demonstrated their talent by using rice and grated vegetables to deck the rangolis, some others added novelty to the rangolis using flowers, pots, colourful pebbles and rice grains. Some of the children enhanced the beauty of their rangolis by lighting lamps in a decorative manner.

Along with different images, the drawings that depicted the life of Lord Krishna, especially his childhood days, attracted the visitors.

ISKCON authorities said the programme had proved that the age-old domestic art forms like rangoli can become popular even in the present times when the world is changing at a fast pace. If the older generation passes on the knowledge of the art to the younger generation, rangoli art can continue to be part of our heritage, they said.

The heritage festival was aimed at introducing the rich cultural heritage of India to the children and sensitising parents on the need to pass on the cultural values among the children.

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