This is a free hand Astadhla padmam rangoli, drawn in front of my house during varalakshmi vratham day.
Regular
- Astadhla padmam rangoli
- 10 x 2 dots Kolam
- Rangoli
- Dotted Kolam
- Sankranthi Rangoli
- Rangoli
- Margazhi kolams
- Karthigai nalvilakku
- Nalvilakku
- Karthigai Kolam
This 2 lines of 10 dots followed by decreasing as 8, 6, 4, 2 on either sides.
This is a a sankranthi rangoli (pongal rangoli), basic dot structure is 21 x 7 with some dots extended on all 3 sides.
This is a kolam that is actually 21 x 11, with 5 x 1 extended in the centers from all 6 sides of the hexagon created, due to lack of space I have done the 5 x 1 extention only on 4 sides but not on top and bottom.
Margazhi kolams
A dotted kolam.
24 dots, 2 lines, till 2 dots (In Tamil: 24 pulli, 2 varisai, 2 pulli varai)
Ikolam is a very worthy site to share our creativity with everyone.
By
Shyamala Govindaraju
Trichy
This is traditional lamp arrangement done with a kuthuvilakku on festivals. it is called nalvilakku and the lamp can be either lit or not and fully decorated with manjal, kumkum and flowers.
This is traditional lamp arrangement done with a kuthuvilakku on festivals. it is called nalvilakku and the lamp can be either lit or not and fully decorated with manjal, kumkum and flowers. I have done this using a marron plate for the base with sambangi, chrysanthemums, oleander and nanthiavattai.
This was done using rice batter on karthigai deepam festival. A regular traditional kolam with lamps arranged on it.