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Light up your homes with clay wonders
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The market is awash with a host of deepams that have taken on new avatars to brighten up the festive mood, writes Nivedita Ganguly
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Photo: K.R.Deepak
Sparkling Floating candles have become quite popular
As the Festival of Light arrives with its iridescent exuberance, the numerous diyas or deepams come alive in the houses. The market is awash with a host of clay creativities that have taken on new avatars to brighten up your gloomy interiors and add
a sparkle of light to your lives. The luminous lights of the modest terracotta deepams that used to adorn the interiors of houses a few years ago have now undergone a sparkling makeover. Having a mystic charm of its own, neither the multi-coloured glitter of electric lights nor the romance of the candle has the mysterious glow of the deepam in its myriad forms. Such proliferation of clay creativity has flooded the markets and the streets. Bigger malls, gift shops and super markets have packaged them with an attractive look. Embellished with painted designs, folk motifs and graphics, and exuberant with colour, dressed up with mirrors, sequins, pearls and zari, the Diwali deepam is a creative and ingenious work of art. “The dash of glitter and colour to the terracotta deepams instantly lends it a different look. Most people prefer them to the ordinary ones as these not only brighten up the ambience but also gives a fancy look to the interiors,” says Yeshwanth of Darling’s Paradise. The shop has an array of deepams in various shapes and sizes ranging from Rs.20 onwards. Dozens of deepams designed in the moulds of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi have become immensely popular. There are the artistic ones like a hand holding the lamp or an elephant carrying a bulk of deepams on its back. These can be also used as gifts for friends and relatives during the festival.
Floating deepams
The floating deepams and candles blended with a variety of fragrance makes them wonderfully stimulating. These have become increasingly popular for their soothing and beautiful appearance.
They are also believed to usher in positive energy when kept at the right place in the house. Made of wax, the array includes floating candles with notched edges in conical, round and square shapes.
Then there are the burning lotus floating on water and floral designs making beautiful bright circles on the pot of water.
To give a sublime touch to the festive spirit, jelly candles in different colours can be a good option.
Rajasthani wonders
A series of terracotta deepams outside the Andhra University campus has become a common sight. Spilled out disconcertingly, the rows of terracotta wonders glisten in the sun generating curious glances from the passers-by who stop to marvel at the finesse of the creations.
Here the Rajasthani families give vivid expressions to clay and turn it into a decorative and artistic piece.
The terracotta pots from Rajasthan have a sense of contemporary shapes. As the festival nears, the families sit throughout the day adding embellishments to the serried rows of terracotta deepams in myriad shapes.
These include along with the classic terracotta single deepams, clusters of these grouped together to form steps, cascades, deepams formed in exquisite floral shapes such as lotus and the rose, covered with serrated covers and much more.
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