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Of late, I am studying the metre maMdAkrAMta in great detail. maMdAkrAMta has been made famous by kAlidAsa. He wrote his entire mEghadUta in this metre. mEghadUta is perhaps one of the first books of messenger poems. In this the cursed yaksha, separated from his beloved, spends a year in rAmagiri, where rAma and sItA too spent some time during their years in the forest. Here is a maMdAkrAMta in telugu marking hanumaMta as rAmA's emissary to sItA. I imagined him using this metre for this purpose.

We would like to wish our Telugu/Kannada friends a happy Ugadi, and our Maharashtrian friends a happy Gudi Padwa!

The Iranian and Parsi New Year, Navroz, is celebrated by the Iranians and the Parsis, on this day, by most people of Zoroastrian faith. In countries such as Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, Navroz is observed as a public holiday.

Contest results are posted:

http://www.ikolam.com/margazhi-dew-drops-kolam-contest-results-2012

Congratulations Rajam ma'am, for winning the kolam contest!

The second and third entries both belong to VijaySowmya!

Our hearty congratulations to all of our participants, and winners.

We would like to know if our members would be interested in an open and transparent voting option for the Margazhi kolam contest. In this method, the number of votes, and the name of the voter would be instantly seen, as the votes are cast, and the results page would reflect the results in an instant manner.

Margazhi kolam contest entries are published. You can access the page from the top menu - "Contests".

http://www.ikolam.com/margazhi-kolam-contest-2012

One of the finest love stories of ancient India is the marriage of rukmiNI. Her brother was a sworn enemy of Krishna, but she loves only Krishna. So she sends a message expressing her love through a brahmin to Krishna. After sending it, she worries to no end with all sorts of thoughts. Her mental state was brought out brilliantly by the fifteenth century Telugu poet pOtana, who must have lived somewhere around Warangal, near the present Hyderabad. I am very fond of this poem and offering it as a gift to all the lovers around the world.

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Here is the link for Mylapore Kolam Festival(day-1) Entries. Enjoy Viewing!

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Margazhi dew drops Kolam contest!

Here is the much awaited Margazhi Kolam contest announcement here at ikolam!

All are welcome to participate.

Terms of the contest:

One or two entries per participant.

Kolam has to be a dotted design. Please include separate additional images of dot grids used for your entry/entries.

Here is wishing all ikOlam friends, young and old, a very happy and prosperous new year. This year, for several reasons, I was hard pressed for time. So I could not design my card elaborately. I believe there is still something in it.