Mangalore: Huge, Intricate, Attractive  Rangoli at  Kadri Temple Beckons Visitors

Pics: Dayananda  Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RS/SP)
 
Mangalore, Jan 27:  Regular visitors to Kadri Sri Manjunateshwara Temple were in for a surprise on Monday January 26, to come across a huge Rangoli, at the main entrance to the temple.

Samskara Bharathi, a national organization dedicated for the protection and development of arts, arranged for this pleasant surprise with a difference. The rangoli is created on the subject of comparing the democratic principles advocated during the ancient times as depicted in the epics and the fundamental rights as explained in the Indian Constitution and showing similarities between the two. Different scenes from the epics and the present day have been drawn within the Indian map. A separate narration has been provided in a separate banner by the side of the rangoli for the convenience of the general public.

The rangoli is attracting large number of visitors. Within the huge map of India, twelve pictures have been drawn. The  right of  equality, right of  freedom, right against exploitation, right of religious freedom, cultural and academic rights  and right to seek redressal  to get our constitutional rights when they are deprived, have been narrated herein, with  comparison to what was written in the epics and practiced during the ancient times.  It says Lord Sri Krishna practised and preached constitutional values then, and now Mahatma Gandhi, Ambedkar, A P J Abdul Kalam and other great personalities have asserted the same principles and values..        
 
The rangoli is prepared under the banner ‘Ancient Indian democracy and today's Constitution'.(Sanathana Bharathada Ganathantra mattu indina samvidhana). 
"It is for the first time in India, Samskara Bharathi has drawn such a big rangoli covering about 4,500 sq ft. It is made for the occasion of Republic Day," said Chandrashekar   K Shetty, secretary of Samskara Bharathi.

Total expenditure incurred  for creating  this rangoli is about Rs.75,000  including  travelling expenses of  the members who came from the state committee and also from Samskara Bharati teams from  outside the  state, informed  Shetty.  

The graphic art made for this rangoli is by Daya, chief artist of the team. Rangoli was created under the direction by Nirmala Amaranath and Rama Nagaraj. The narration for this rangoli was written by S Nagaraj.

At the bottom  of the Rangoli, there  is  a slogan that declares, ' Art is not for amusement or entertainment but for the evolvement of the soul (atma vikasana)'.