Rangoli Pictures? Do not we say 'rangoli patterns'? Is that your question? Oh, please do not get confused. I am referring to a rangoli exhibition which presented pictures, eh, portaits of Lord Shiva.
Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir Gallery was the venue of this exhibition. Incidentally, some time back, it was here that two of Sushama's, my brother's, Sanju's, wife's, painting and crafts exhibitions were organised circa Diwali. Quite a number of Pune citizens had lined up for the current 'portraits of Lord Shiva with rangoli as the medium' exhibition.
After getting the mobile blocked, they would allow you inside the gallery hall of Balgandharva theater. Various scenes from the Shiv story, a few not much known, though the majority mostly were the famous and popular ones, were presented in the rangoli exhibition.
A few details could have been checked though. For example, in the depiction of the Kedarnath, it was shown that Bheema was trying to kill the buffalo avataar that Lord Shiva assumed. Actually, Bheema tries to hold the buffalo as it is the avataar Lord Shiva assumes to escape, while the rear part of the animal Bheema manages to hold on to. That is the way the pindi is at Kedarnath.
As for the material, rangoli, it IS tough to use. One has to first let the background settle, and then draw with a feather touch all the details. Neither a line nor the colour combination can go wrong as the background cannot be disturbed as it cannot be re-drawn repeatedly.
Yet there were many experiments such as the rangoli patterns above water, below water, between water, and the picture reflection pattern, et al. Almost all the pictures were realistic in mode wherein at times the details such as body proportions could have been finer.
Like the depictions of Lord Ganesh, Lord Shiva is yet another divine concept open to abstract depictions which this exhibition by mostly amateur artists did not try. The ambience with a Shiva temple and the constant chanting of the Shiv nam was good. As the organisers were hurrying the crowd, hopefully they would send the promised video to my mobile so that one looks at their art more carefully, and in detail. As a token of my appreciation of the amateur artists, I donated rupees one hundred and eleven to the cause. An hour well-spent, in brief.
Pratima@Aai was excellent at rangoli patterns. She could draw portraits of the gods as well. During the Diwali festival, our courtyard would look gorgeous with her rangoli patterns and rangoli portraits. She could draw rangoli patterns on water, too. I can manage simple patterns. Ashwini, my brother's, Parag's, daughter-in-law, is excellent at the art indeed.
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