Keri school uses 25kg of powder to create rangoli in honour of Covid warriors

KERI: The staffers of an interior, rural school in Keri, Sattari, have meticulously created an artwork using 25 kilos of coloured powder to honour Goa’s Covid warriors. Led by the school art teacher Gurudatta Vantekar, the rangoli was created over a period of eight days.
The employees of Vivekanand Dnyan Mandir High School, Keri, said they wanted to express gratitude to all the Covid warriors who are struggling persistently to help curb the spread of Covid-19.
Vantekar said that their rangoli design is a tribute to medical, police and all other frontline workers, who are working tirelessly to save during the pandemic.
Vantekar was helped by 17 teaching and non-teaching members of the school to give shape to his rangoli design.
“We have strictly adhered to the Covid protocol while creating the rangoli. My colleagues in the school and I want to express our utmost gratitude to the warriors for their inspiring struggle. In the pandemic, I want to create hope and I believe art is the best way to display our sincere feelings,” Vantekar said.
Shripad Gawas, chairman of Swami Vivekanand Education Society, said the rangoli is an attempt to help school staffers and locals, who view the rangoli, overcome the increasing mental stress, fear and anxiety about this disease during the pandemic.
“Through social media, we will be exhibiting this rangoli in public domain, without inviting students, parents in the school,” said school in-charge, Gopinath Gawas.
A teacher at the school, Chandrashekhar Gawas, said, “Everyday, we are fed up with hearing and reading the news pertaining to increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases. Our art teacher making use of his creative talent and skill through his rangoli displayed in 300 sq ft has expressed the respect to the corona warriors and generated hope. His rangoli is indeed inspiring and thought provoking.”