Artificial Rangoli- a new way of decorating your doorstep

Festival means celebration which brings along a lot of preparations. Diwali has arrived and everybody is busy preparing for the festive like making special Diwali food items, purchasing decoratives for homes, buying new clothes etc. And one such important factor is making Rangoli, which is done at every door step during Diwali.

There is a unique relationship between the festival of Diwali and rangoli as rangoli spreads the joy of colours during the festival of lights. The entire objective of making rangoli in Diwali is to welcome Goddess Laxmi and remarking the day to be extremely auspicious. Rangolis can be of any size, from the size of a doormat, to that of an entire room.

But most of the times people fear that the rangoli they prepare by putting in so much hard work and time doesn not take a moment to get spoiled. Secondly everybody doesnot have so much time to dedicate to the rangoli. Here comes this article in picture which can come to your rescue.

Making rangoli with various powder colours and glitters is the most traditional method but with time, various other types of rangolis can be seen today including stickers, rangoli made out of flowers and artificial rangoli. Artificial Rangoli does not include powder colors and hence the

name.

Mrs Arati Chauhan, a resident of Nerul says, "Artificial Rangoli can be made out of anything like plastic flowers/leaves, dried leaves, lace, live plants, sequences etc. This type of rangoli not only looks beautiful but it also reduces the risk of being spoiled. One can use a plate and decorate it with decoratives (which are mentioned as well as not mentioned above) and then place it on a chavrang, which can be kept anywhere as per a person's wish."

Recently few differently abled people from Sharan, NGO at Vashi also prepared a beautiful artificial rangoli for selling. It was made using card board, colorful papers, tiny mirrors, laces and sequences. It was an eye catching material. (The one on the right)

Hope, this article has given you some idea on how to make an Artificial Rangoli.