Lord Brahma who was astonished at their love towards the son of the priest, appeared before them. They started praying to Lord Brahma, the Creator of the Universe. Unfortunately, the son of the priest died and the whole kingdom was left in grief. They both were highly revered and respected by the whole kingdom, including the king. Once upon a time, there lived a priest and his son in a kingdom. The sage gave life to that beautiful shape of women, who was none other than the Apsara Urvashi. On seeing the beauty of shape, the apsaras felt ashamed and left the place. Angered sage wanted to give a lesson to the apsaras and drew the shape of a beautiful woman from the juice of the mangos from the trees nearby. The Birth of UrvashiĪccording to the scripture Vishnudharmottara, when Sage Narayana was deeply in penance, the apsaras began to appear in front of him to distract him. They used to see him in that art form and thus used to feel that Krishna was with them all the time. It was once when Sri Krishna went out of the town, Gopikas missed him intensely and started to draw his exact form on a clean surface and decorated it with colors and flowers. They breathed and lived Krishna at every moment. Gopikas were ardent worshippers of Lord Krishna.
Rangolis or mandalas are common scenes in temple streets of South India. It is still this practice of GoPadmavrata that is practiced in Maharashtra. He assured that by doing these with devotion, she shall be freed from the sins of not performing the ritual and also can be freed from the punishment. Sri Krishna also instructed her to draw a cow shape on the floor and fill the stomach place with 33 lotus flowers and worship it and circumambulate it 33 times. on the cleaned floor and decorate them with flowers, precious stones, and powdered gold and silver. Lord Krishna then suggested she clean the house and the cowshed, draw beautiful patterns of a swastika, Sankha, Chakra, Gada, Padma, leaves, flowers, sugarcane, etc. Struck with fear and guilt, she ran to her brother’s help. Their bones shall be used as the sticks of the tabor.Įveryone in the town, except Subhadra, performed this ritual that year.
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The king ordered that whoever did not follow the Sankha Chakra Gopadma ritual on that year shall be deskinned and their skin be used as the covering of the drum. It so happened that the cover of the drums and the sticks of tabor was damaged. Once, in the land where Subhadra, the sister of Lord Krishna resided, there was a celebration on an Ekadashi day that needed the playing of drums and Tabor. The story about Subhadra And Lord Krishna tell the importance of this visual art. According to Ramayana, Lord Rama killed Ravan at Dasara and Return to Ayodhya with Sita Mata on Diwali.Īlso, in Sundarakanda, where the description of Lord Vibhishana comes up, the mention of this art in his kingdom and their beauty emerges. But Sita Mata unintentionally crosses it and the rest is history.Īccording to folk tales, this circle that Lakshman draws is a form of Rangoli with divine powers. Before leaving her Sister-in-Law unprotected and alone in the hut in the forest, Lakshmana draws a circle of power around the hut and asks Sita Mata not to cross it and come outside. The story of Sita Mata being kidnapped by Ravan is well known to most of us. The holy epics of Ramayana, Bhagavata, and Mahabharata have mentioned the prominence of this art in various instances. Mention of Rangoli in Ancient Hindu Texts
It is decorated with turmeric, flowers, and vermilion, and Gods are worshipped and invoked. While some symbolized Talismic energies, others were used as a form of protection of homes and villages from negative energies.Įven today, when beginning a traditional puja or worship, it is a common practice to draw a design of an eight-petaled lotus flower on a cleaned wooden platform. Many designs found in the Indus Valley and Harappa regions provided proof that earlier civilizations also used such designs in various forms. To protect themselves from the evil and negative energies, early humans used to draw intricate patterns in geometric shapes to attract positive cosmic power. Researchers found that early man in the prehistoric times believed that the five elements influenced every way of human life: Also, according to many researchers, this art form dates back to the times of the caveman era. Rangoli finds its roots in the Vedic times of Hinduism. What countries are Rangoli designs popular?.
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