General Discussion

Kolams Request

RenukaRavishankar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:09:01 -0700

Just came across this site. Really amazed at your site and remarkable job. Hats off to you for this wonderful service. I would like to reqest few Kolams for pooja room. Swathikam, Vilva thalam ans shat kolam. Also can we draw the Shri chakra at home??

Thanks in advance

kolam blog

sowmyarajesh — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:16:49 -0700

How do i create my own blog in ikolam. is it available to the members?

Kolam Conference

hannya — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:00:00 -0800

Hello friends,

We produced two video for the kolam conference

please enjoy them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGwt306KUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Atlvc9UVA

Hannya Nagata Shojiro
-from InterVision Institute in Japan
Let's enjoy Cycles(called PsyKolo) at http://intervision.aadau.net/

CONCH (SHANKH) DESIGN

abhilasha — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:09:09 -0700

Hi! I want to know how one makes a conch (shankh) with dots. I'd learnt it last year I think on this site only, but it isn't there, please help

Saraswati Puja Rangoli

piyukiki — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:02:38 -0700

I want the Rangoli which is drawn for Saraswati Puja.

Kolam inside water

trvijay1 — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:29:29 -0700

dear all

I am a new member. My mother is a wonderful kolamist and she is really crazy about it. She never misses an ocassion, where she can light up our frontyard with all sorts of amasing kolam. She can draw them on all type of surfaces and even over water. There is a technique wherein chalk powder can be spread over water and wonderful designs can be drawn over the floating chalk powder. She has taken part in various rangoli competitions and won many prizes. However she is eager to find out one other technique of drawing kolams. Some where she saw a kolam painted inside water. From that day she is trying too hard to find out the technique and even tried her own, but nothing materialised.

Izhai Kolam

sansid — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:54:32 -0700

Does any one have patterns/samples of Izhai Kolam, the kind with lines and curves generally put on auspicious days in a Brahmin house?

Aiswarya kolam

sandhyak — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:35:16 -0700

can anyone tell me where can i find Aiswarya kolam?

the name of each categories of Kolam ?

hannya — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:49:18 -0700

Hello! Lata- san
you categolize variable Kolam patterns in the web Q&A.

May I call them as the following in Tamil

The dots are encircled with curves or looped around with lines drawn around the dots.=Sikku(knot/ entangled) Kolam, the un-encircled with half around as Neli(snaky curve) Kolam
The dots are connected to form a pattern or different patterns.=Kudo(line)/Kambi(rod-string) Kolam like a Lotus
Line kolams have kolams drawn entirely of different sizes of lines , mostly with no dots. = Kudo Kolam
Free form kolams called Rangoli are kolams with either no dots at all or with a minimal amount of dots and the use of more geometrical shapes.
=Rangoli or Free Kolam

how do i post images?

Ram — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:31:22 -0700

Can you advise how i post images to this site?
Thx,
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