Rangoli- Colourful Floor Art

India is such a colourful country- be it in textiles-dance-art- festivals-the list can go on - Rangoli is a very vibrant artistic expression-colourful creative floor art in India.

They are especially colourful during festival time.Many houses take pride in drawing these Rangolis outside their homes- it is freehand & time consuming but the end result is beautiful.

I saw these Rangolis drawn  by a group of 7-10 women in a nearby Temple premises.This is usually done in the "Karthigai or Karthik" month (Nov-Dec).The ladies started around 9 ma and completed by 5 pm.
The Temple floor was adorned with vibrant Rangoli.As the sun goes down-small clay diyas are placed inside the pattern.Truly one has to be physically present to enjoy the scene, with diyas twinkling among the colour with the Temple bells ringing in the background. Hmmm..lots of positive energy & sense of good feeling
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here I am sharing a few pictures I shot during the event.

Diwali 2013

Posting a few pictures of color - vibrance-happiness- cheer- above all LIGHTS

That's Diwali- not to mention all the cleaning and preparation a week before the festival- but worth every bit of the toil

The color palette this time was white - pink- purple-orange- yellow

My décor was mainly on centre table- tried carpet effort over it with flowers, but ran short of them -so ended up doing with whatever that was possible-of course the flower decoration is always beautiful and vibrant

                                                     Colorful Living Room

 

 

 

Entry Point- welcoming into my home

 

 

 

 

Handmade Rangoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diwali 2012

It is that time of the year for yet another round of the festival of lights. This time around, though the celebration was low key, I did manage to make a last minute quick décor arrangement.

As usual my hubby was ready with a camera to capture the play of lights and shadows.

Needless to say the photographs speak for themselves

Play with Clay- Craft Mela

I absolutely love visiting Crafts Melas (much to my husband's dismay..tsk tsk) here, they showcase wide range of crafts across the country and the excited me always looks out for my favourite-pottery/clay work!!

I search high and low for something unusual or new, but I am rarely lucky. During one of my numerous jaunts- I happened to notice these clay musicians with a road side vendor,who was way too eager to sell his unsold merchandize, make his day's worth and close for the day.

I found these pieces unusual(pic below) -with double shades of clay- and it was really a neat bargain!

The same is with the mini pots which were all picked up from outskirts of Bangalore, from a potter- whose specializes in smooth finish..sizes varying from  1inch to 3 inches( 25mm to 75mm). Pictures below taken by my husband.

 

Pot calling the kettle black?