(Left)This is a simple dotted kolam to the beginners.
Dot count:
1,3,5,7,9,7,5,3,1
Image on the right side: This kolam was drawn in my frontyard. I took this as a still. then I coloured it with the help of MS Paintbrush. How is it?
Regular
- Dotted flower Kolam
- Rangoli
- Design
- Crown design
- Leaves Kolam
- paDi kOlam a la bElUru
- White and red
- Heritage lace tablecloth
- Vasthu Mural
- Rangoli
This is a dotted rangoli drawn in front of my house. Dots for this rangoli is 13x7.
This is a designed crown front view. I just started to draw a broader design and finally a crown design is what I ended up with.
Dot count - 27 - 14, Idukku pulli Kolam. Its easy on paper but will consume time on the floor.
After learning from Mrs Rajamma about the inter-relationship between temples
and paDi kOlams (Did you see my comment and the Borobodur picture?), I ventured
upon this. I call this the bElUru paDi kOlam as this takes a leaf out of the
Hoyasala temple architecture. The outer red square is the outer prAkAram.
Instead of having another square structure for walls on which carvings can be
made, the Hoyasala sculptors had this idea. They took squares and rotated them
by a certain angle repeatedly to get more surface area on which you can carve
more motifs. I rotated the squares by 22.5 degrees with a common centre. Why
22.5, because 22.5 X 4 = 90. Then I represented two circles inside to represent
the God and his consort. Together, they form infinity signifying the infiniteness
of the almighty. Before them I placed two octagons representing the place
where the devotees can sing and dance. Your comments for improvement are most
welcome. Regards! - mOhana
This one I made today (26th March). A simple one. The design is by Preeti N.
Have drawn this free hand rangoli in front my house on the occasion of IKOLAM CHENNAI MEMBERS MEET DAY-28/03/2009.
I don't know why this is called Vasthu mural.
May be because of the swastik, om, kalasam and lakshmi padams are present here.
What ever the name may be I found very interested in doing this mural. This is a wall hanger.
Used with M.Seal
viji
This is a dotted rangoli dots for this rangoli is 24x6x6 drawn in front of my house during pongal day.