Rangoli sans dots is 12 years young

 On 20th of August 2024 Rangoli sans dots completed 12 years successfully.  When you are there for the long haul encouragement from followers, subscribers and viewers is the motivation.

I shared a post thanking my followers on Facebook.  I am grateful for the wonderful comments received there .  I am sharing some of them in this blog post 

"Wow!! Great madam.  Heartiest congratulations on successful completion of 12 years of such beautiful divine and dedicated art.  May God shower all his blessings on you and your family with loads of happiness and good health.  I am indeed blessed to see your kolams/muggulu daily as though I am drawing myself. Great inspiration for one and all to keep continuing our tradition even in this present digital life ...."  Shailaja Bharath

"You inspired me to draw rangoli daily.  Many thanks to you!  Keep sharing your rangolis.  They are such a beautiful one " - Medha Kulkarni

"Congratulations my dear kid sister.  Your innovative rangoli designs and creative abilities have mesmerised and enthralled the culture lovers since day 1.  May God bless with you with more and more fame, happiness, good health and a wonderful family " - my brother Seshagiri

"Wow, very inspiring athya.  Didn't know it has been 12 years.  Speaks a lot about your commitment, consistency and dedication.  Hats off " - my niece Radhika 

" I have learnt many things from your rangolis.  I always see your green bangles.  I see you today (translated from Kannada)" - Chaya Deekshit

"Congratulations on completing 12 years of this beautiful creative work of art.  May God keep you and your family always blessed. Love your creative rangoli and try some easy ones " -- Sunitha Sane

"12 years and many more to come, congratulations and best wishes on the anniversary of starting the showcasing of the immensely unique art, Rangoli sans dots .  Your family is blessed to have such a talented daughter/sibling/wife/mother.  Must say your support system will surely pave the way to prove your talents has many success stories.  

Very happy for your achievement.  Not easy but your persistence and resilience has made it happen.  Best wishes for everything you do.  As viewers, we are blessed to learn the art from your rangoli designs making it easy to learn"  -  Srividya B Ramakrishna

"The rangoli atta just dances in between ur fingers mam .... have copied many of your kolam designs especially padi kolams keep sharing many easier kolams for fols like us" - Jay Sriram

"You are simply amazing.  You're a perfectionist, preserving the traditional art of rangolis beautifully.  My mom used to make similar rangolis early in the morning at 5.30 before starting her daily work and then heading to the office....  Every time I see your rangolis on that black store, it brings back those memories.  I could just keep watching them for ever" - Jaishree Gorane Dhake

" Irattai yizai kolam is skill based, is a marvel requires patience concentration and a sense of even distribution.  Mastering it is a marvel.  Teaching Divine! Blessings! - Ram Chan

Reading these comments made me so emotional that I can only reply with 🙏🙏🙏🙏

The social media revolution has evolved quite fast in the last ten years.  We (my husband and I) have tried to keep pace with it.  Looks like we have done a fairly reasonable job if factor in our age. 

 By the time we "mastered" the art of taking and editing videos with our DSLR, the reels and shorts age of Instagram and YouTube commenced.  Facebook did not want to be left behind and started the reels version also.  I should say I benefitted a lot during this transition. 

 Nowadays you can shoot directly from the mobile for reels or shorts reducing the dependence on the DSLR.  Having said that the editing software is more useful to remove unnecessary hand movements that the apps.  So, our camera is here to stay for some more time. 

 Recently, Facebook introduced the option of creating reels from the existing long videos.  Remember videos are minimum 3 minutes long and reels are 60 to 90 seconds long.  Overall, it has been an exciting time for creators. 

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