Women celebrate Earth by wearing her colours on sarees

Vadodara: It will surely make the most beautiful picture: Women draped in sarees whose colours depicted the five elements of the earth. And what can be a better tribute to Mother Nature, but this creative expression by women from across the country and even overseas on World Environment Day?
The women, who wore green to signify ‘pruthvi (earth)’, blue for ‘jal (water)’, brown for ‘vayu (air)’, red for ‘agni (fire)’ and white for ‘aakash (sky)’ catwalked, or struck poses draped in their six yards.
The pictures of a few graceful ladies will now be put online as a compilation, by NGO Ni:svarth. The theme was conceptualised by prominent danseuse Parul Shah.
Among the prominent faces are Padma Vibhushan Dr Sonal Mansingh, member of the royal Gaekwad family and M S University chancellor Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad, Vadodara MP Ranjan Bhatt, district collector Shalini Agrawal among many others who joined the event.
President of Ni:swarth, Ritu Bansal said that more than 500 women registered for the event. She added that apart from 30 cities in India, participants from United Kingdom, Tanzania, France, Bhutan, United States of America, United Arab Emirates and South Africa also sent in their beautiful pictures on the theme.
“On one hand the ladies thanked mother earth by by wearing colours of the five elements, and on the other, prayed and apologised for their sins asking her to uplift us from this pandemic (Covid-19),” said Bansal.