Queen of Rangoli Ushaben Shetty

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- The virus that has been plaguing the world for the last two years with Corona's "pandemic" disease has also made Doctor's Day a day of service to doctors' patients.

There are people in life who are skilled in their art, where they can earn a lot of money if they use it commercially, but these artists are only dedicated to art. So instead of commercializing it, he devotes his whole life to making it his passion.

Speaking today, Ushabahen Setti, who lives in Thane, Mumbai, who is so adept at the art of rangoli, can make rangoli on any subject from any festival, just like the picture of oil paint.

Rishabahen is from Andhra Pradesh. Just as in Tamil Nadu all the houses from Garol to Tavangar are made column rangoli in front of the main door, in Andhra too every house is made of rice flour or white color, mixed with other colors to make rangoli every morning which is called 'muggu'. The purpose behind doing this muggu is to bring positive vibes (attitudes) in the house and remove the negativity and provide food to the living beings as there is rice flour, that is the vision of humanity. Ushabahen has acquired this muggu art and her success is at the forefront.

Little Usha was understood in Andhra. From then on, Grandma and I used to see different designs of Muggu every morning in the yard of the house. There is almost a white muggu every day while the colors are mixed in it from time to time. Thus Usha acquired this art of Muggun, which she had learned from her childhood, and after getting married and returning home to Mumbai, Thane, continued the practice of doing it every morning at the main door of the house. Because, 'Muggu Rangoli' was not a mind rangoli to Rishabahen but an art and they were dedicated to it.

Ushabahen used to paint different Muggu designs but she still seemed to be missing something. Doing something new, constantly adding the latest dimensions to them. And in his life, as you think, that doctor said, like an opportunity to come and stand.

An artwork workshop on 'Column' Rangoli started in Thane. Usha Setti took part in it and it was as if the art of her 'muggu' rangoli opened a new door and the loss that Usha felt in her art was completed.

Ushabha started using her ingenuity, creative approach and ingenuity to make rangoli on different subjects. In particular, they wanted to preserve the cultural tradition through this rangoli, so they focused on more festivals. Which preserves the heritage of our culture.

If there is Diwali, Rangoli of lamps and firecrackers, Rangoli of Narakasur of Diwali, Rangoli of Lakshmiji in Lakshmi Pujan, Rangoli of kites in the sky, Rangoli of children chewing kites, Rangoli of donating cows, Rakshabandhan Rangoli of Ravana Vadha if it is, Holika Dahan of Holi if it is Holi, Rangoli of children playing Holi, Holi playing in Radha-Krishna Vraja etc. Rangoli with herbs, makes rangoli for almost every social festival.

Apart from this, national festivals like the 5th of January, the Red Fort is filled with the flag-waving rangoli, the children's rangoli on Mother's Day, etc.

The last two years have been the culmination of Rangoli's uniqueness and art.

The world is suffering from the pandemic of corona disease,

Doctor's Day also brought to the fore the delicate subject of how doctors tried to defeat Corona.

The special feature of Rangoli during the nine days of Navratri is the predominance of art skills. In Maharashtra, color codes are published for nine days. This time yellow was chosen on the first day, green on the second day, orange on the third day, white on the fourth day, red on the fifth day, royal blue on the sixth day, pink on the eighth day and purple on the ninth day.

The specialty of Ushabahen was that she made rangoli according to the color of the sari she wore. (This rangoli is given in special photo)

Salute to Ushabahen Imagination and Her Rangoli Skill!

The view was wonderful. It is possible to experience more skill just by looking at it with the naked eye.

The art of this wonderful rangoli of Rishabahen which takes hours is like knowing how to create.

Ushabahen is a perfect housewife. The one on whom the family has the responsibility of raising children is handled alone. Given so much time behind this wonderful art how art can balance responsibility! When asked, his answer was.

Rangoli is my passion for art and my responsibility to the family and children is to work in a balanced way. Some of my rangolis come in a scale of about 6 feet from 21/2 to 5. My day starts at 4.30 pm according to Mumbaigaras. Cooking, Tiffin finishes other housework and when they have some leisure time they think about how to make rangoli in it. To make any rangoli they have to determine the geometric scale.

Ushabahen has done MSc with Mathematics in which she has got Gold Medal, this study helps her in determining Rangoli scale So that they can quickly determine the scale of rangoli of any subject.

After finishing the housework, the rangoli starts late in the evening or at half past seven or eight in the night. It often takes one to one and a half nights to do that, but the next day, as usual, he gets up early and starts his homework at four-thirty.

Rishabahen says that if any art is your passion, you can do whatever you want for it. The art of rangoli is my passion and it is my duty to get up early and work. So both of them are my pleasure so I don't feel tired at all.

Ushabahen does not want to make money by commercializing her art. They believe that this art is part of the preservation of culture. So it should not be commercialized, yes if any new generation of individuals wants to learn it needs to be taught so that this art can be maintained for generations.

In other works he finds time to teach the children of the orphanage and to teach the weak students in mathematics for a small fee.

Assuming they can join Mumbai's Big Giant companies for Rangoli, Rangoli will happily make it for the occasion where it is needed to get to know the surrounding neighborhood. Even during satsangs in the temple, they do rangoli every now and then.