Dear friends...here is a free hand design done only with white powder. Your views on this please. 
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Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
- White Kolam
- Free hand Design
- Colour Chikku Kolam
- Padi Kolam with colours
- Padi Kolam
- Symmetry with kannaDa-telugu numerals
- Colour Chikku Kolam
- sikku kolam 58
- Colour Chikku Kolam
- It is elementary, Mohan :-)
Created by vijaysowmya on 2012-10-09,
Created by vijaysowmya on 2012-09-26,
Dear friends... a very simple free hand design for your views. Except for yellow the green and maroon are recycled colour powders.
Created by vijaysowmya on 2012-09-24,
Dear friends... here is a familiar chikku design with some colour filling. Your views on this please.
Created by vijaysowmya on 2012-09-21,
Dear friends ...Here is a maakolam for you to enjoy. Your views are welcome as always
Created by vijaysowmya on 2012-09-20,
Dear friends...Here is a padi kolam design done for the Vinayagar chathurthi pooja. Your views on this please.
Created by jkmrao on 2012-09-18,
The numerals in kannaDa are : ೧ ೨ ೩ ೪ ೫ ೬ ೭ ೮ ೯ ೦ (from 1 through 9 and zeo); in telugu they are : ౧ ೨ ౩ ౪ ౫ ౬ ౭ ౮ ౯ ౦ . I created symmetric patterns using these numerals. Top row - 1, 2, 2mm, middle row - 3, 3m, 4, bottom row - 4mm, 6, 6mm. Pure mirror symmetry (m) is omitted. In telugu, the numeral three is similar to the Roman numerals we use normally. That is why I used the kannaDa 3. Here also one may see that 6 and 9 are inverted. Interestingly, this kind of numerals are part of the compound letters (ottu) we use in those languages. Still these numerals that are used for page numbers in kannaDa books. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
Created by vijaysowmya on 2012-09-16,
Dear friends...Here is another colour chikku kolam in blue and majenta. Your views on this please.
Created by vijaysowmya on 2012-09-06,
Dear friends...Here is a chikku kolam in colours. Your views on this please.
Created by jkmrao on 2012-09-04,
In the past to describe symmetry and the plane groups, I drew patterns in the dotted form which are shown below:
http://www.ikolam.com/node/3314
http://www.ikolam.com/node/3263
http://www.ikolam.com/node/3262
Suddenly, I got an idea yesterday, why not use numbers for the various rotation axes. It is so easy to understand. Accordingly the numbers 1 (for 360 deg rotation or no symmetry), 2 (for 180 deg rotation), 3 (for 120 deg rotation), 4 (for 90 deg rotation) and 6 (for 60 deg rotation) were used. Where a mirror symmetry is present with these rotations, the mirror images of the numbers were used. For only the mirror symmetry, the letter m was used. If there is interest, I will upload magnified images. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
