Ahmedabad was painted blue on 9th August 2018, when the regal heirlooms showcased their priced heritage in a fresh format.
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| HH Maharani Radhika Gaekwad and Mallika Sarabhai |
The unveiling of Royal Fables at The Hyatt, Vastrapur narrated, yet another chapter, singing sonnets of the glory and magnanimity associated with our rich heritage culture. The Elephant sculpture symbolising strength, vigor, valor, power and richness was the theme of Royal Fables. The giant, who had been in captivity for long, not realising its own potential got unshackled. The broken shackles were very much part of the sculpture!!
Her Highness Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda & Mallika Sarabhai did the ceremonial opening of the fable; followed by the thematic dance of Mallika Sarabhai revolving around elephants... She spoke about ‘gaja gamini’ – the woman with elephant walk used to be considered sexiest, she also narrated the story of ‘Agastya’ through her traditional dance. The most phenomenal performance was creating a Blue elephant by indigo ink via dance moves on a fresh canvas.. truly eye-catching, leaving you astounded and completely awestruck.
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| Elephant painted on a life-sized canvas through dance moves in just few minutes!! |
The elephant as we all know; has been the most essential part of royal tales. It is also the head of Lord Ganesha, who is considered as most auspicious of all deities. The white elephants are always behind “Goddess Lakshmi”. A white elephant is considered to be the most exceptional and expensive animal to keep.
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| White elephants beside Godess Lakshmi |
Uday Mahurkar, a renowned author and a media stalwart too addressed the opening session of the Royal Fables, saying, “In 1950 more than fifty percent of land belonged to Royal families. They had the experience of better administration instilled with the value system, so essentially out of the two great rulers; Sayaji Rao Gaekwad of Baroda and Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner, had one of them been elected as the President of India, our journey travelled post-independence would have been completely different.”
The imperial extravaganza christened as Royal Fables; comprised all facets of heritage and art was showcased at The Hyatt, Vastrapur. Call it a sculpture, vivid dance formats, studded jewelry, intricate paintings, the woven spellbinding Benarsis, poetic patolas, rich zardozi, contemporary designer outfits or the preserved culinary art of various royal gharanas.. all were in a perfect blend and lyrical ensemble. Crème de la Crème of Ahmedabad along with patrons of Royal Fables and founder member Anshu Khanna were present at the venue.
At another level, running parallel were cooking workshops where I glanced through “Soya korma” prepared through direction, by Nawab of Rampur.
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| Well.. that's besan ka achar!! |
So the scenario at Hyatt was that of a real fairy tale; not that of an endpoint of an elephant but the beginning of an inspirational regal journey, revival or heritage...
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