Kolam is a rangoli traditionally composed of geometric lines and shapes, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. It is drawn by south Indian women with rice or chalk powder in front of their homes.
Last Friday was Ramanavami [lord Rama's birthday] and I witnessed an abundance of fancy Kolams in Swethu's society. Everyone came out to chat, draw and celebrate; it was so peaceful and so much fun!
ooh these are lovely! well captured!
ReplyDeleteat Aalayam, we hope to do a feature on the lost (almost) art of Kolam, someday - will link to your post then.
wonderful!
~deepa
sure thing! you can even have any photographs you want, i have taken many :)
ReplyDeletelove you blog!
so cool!!! made my day :)
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ReplyDeleteAmazing! I'm totally stealing ideas from the 3rd one the next time I'm asked to make a kolam for a ceremony. --Dhenuka
ReplyDeleteyou must! :)
ReplyDeletehow you added color to the rice pownder?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous !
ReplyDeleteHey, just to let you know. Reblogged your pics on tumblr and they have gotten quite a response. http://panoptic.tumblr.com/post/49131190072
ReplyDeletewow, that is fantastic!
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drama full
ReplyDeleteAmazing!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of Margazhi kolam season of Tamil Nadu.
ReplyDeleteThat was awesome! those Rangoli designs maybe simple if you can see but looking closely, they are truly intricate. Nice one!
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