Mrs. Lakshmi
Bai |
Mrs.
Lakshmi Bai of Thennur, Trichy had spent the best part of
the last nine years making as many as 38 embroidery of Rajagopuram.
Choked with emotion she said that the best part of her life
was the last seven years when day-in and day-out, whether
at home, or short trips to relatives houses, she had the frame,
the thread and the Rajagopuram canvas. Chanting the name of
Lord Ranganatha, she had woven for hours at a stretch in her
work. Weaving Rajagopuram was a penance. Her family members
who extended full support to her in this venture, said that
she seems to find new energy for this work the moment she
took the canvas, though she was frail of health.
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Mrs. Vittala
Bai |
Similarly 83-year
old Mrs. Vittala Bai, mother of Mrs. Usha Sridhar, who has
completed 25 pieces said that it was indeed Lord’s blessing
that I could take this great noble work of creating Rajagopuram
images in embroidery. There are over a dozen person who had
contributed 10 to 15 pieces. |
“Our
only mission – Rajagopuram work”
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The four septuagenarians of Sundari Senior Citizens Home,
Kovaipudur, Coimbatore, in a single voice choked with emotion
said our only mission in life is the Rajagopuram work. Rani
Ammal(72) leader of the group said that in the past five years
they were totally absorbed in this work. Despite their age
everyone spent 4 – 5 hours everyday slowly but steadily
weaving the tallest tower in the world in the canvas. Most
of the waking hours they spoke only about the opportunity
they had to participate in this project without the Rajagopuram
work we do not know how we would have lived said Mrs. Pankajam(76)
of Chennai, Dr. Chellam(75) of Kerala, Mrs. Sulochana(70)
of Pune. They had so far made 14 pieces in addition to completing
over 15 half finished pieces obtained from various parts of
the country.
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