vadodara the art of rangoli traces its origin in hindu epics and in gujarat it is made by women in the courtyards of their houses during diwali festivities but the cultural capital of the state has witnessed a new trend in this artwhile the rangolis are adorn the courtyards and living rooms of barodians several groups of artists have now started making rangolis around the time of diwali and keep them open for public while one group has been making rangolis since past 32 years in past four to five years four other major groups along with few other smaller groups have started to make rangolisrangoli is a medium like any other art it is true that various groups have started making rangolis during diwali besides their other exhibitions which is good in way with such large public exhibitions people have started getting attracted towards it said sachin khedkar who is into catering business and a rangoli artist since more than a decadekhedkar said that many artists have now started to see making rangoli as a profession apart from the designs which have become popular during diwali festivities portrait rangolis have started having commercial value and people invite artists for making rangolis during wedding said khedkar who made a 5000 square feet rangoli within eight hours on tuesday with 35 coartistsrajendra dindorkar who has been exhibiting rangolis during diwali since 32 years said that for several years public exhibitions of rangolis did not elicit much public response people did not respect our work and it used to be difficult to afford the shows but today people wait in queue for hours to visit the exhibition said dindorkarmajor artists groups have held their exhibitions at kirti mandir maharanu chimnabai school iskcon temple and government school in raopura