Mangalam Srinivasan, a noted expert in Rangoli and Thanjavur painting from Tiruchi, has been conferred with the ninth Rani Ma Gaidinliu award by Nagpur-based Devi Ahalyabhai Memorial Committee for her outstanding achievements in the field.

Ms. Mangalam received the award at a ceremony held on February 19 at Devi Ahalya Mandir, Dandoli, Nagpur, from V. Shanta Kumari, chief director of Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, and Astha Godbole Karlekar, director, South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Maharashtra.

Ms. Srinivasan specialises in drawing life-like portraits of deities and religious subjects with rangoli powders.

She has created more than 1,500 Thanjavur paintings and made hundreds of rangoli patterns. Her famous works included 70 paintings depicting the ‘Acharyas’ of Kanchi Sankara Mutt and rangoli portraits of the 15 vahanaas of Tirupati Navarathri Brahmotsavam.’

Published - February 24, 2025 07:19 pm IST