Freehand Rangoli

This year Margazhi I could'nt make Rangolis, but seeing all uploads I am just uploading my old collection from Margazhi 2016-17. One week genre was Mandala designs

The Tiruppavai (Tamil:திருப்பாவை) is a collection of thirty stanzas (paasurams) written in Tamil by AaNDaL (also known as Nachiyar), in praise of the Lord VishNu. It is part of Divya Prabandha, a work of the twelve Alvars, and is important part of Tamil literature....

Kodhai Devi or Goda Devi/AaNDaL incarnated (Goddess Lakshmi) on earth in the 98th year after the beginning of the Kali Era (3102 BC). She performed a wonderful vratham or vow called Dhanurmasa vratham to tell us that, by practicing this vratham, one can attain all materialistic happiness along with the eternal bliss. The period, from when the sun moves into the constellation of Dhanur-rasi or Sagittarius and until it moves out to the constellation of Makara-rasi or Capricorn is known as Dhanurmasam. In Thiruppavai, AaNDaL gives a universal call to all people to recite the name and glories of Lord Vishnu....

"Margazhi" is the name of the tamil month (Dhnurmasam) starting December 16th 2018 ..until mid of January 2019...

Shri AaNDaL's 30 verses for the 30 days of this holy month, dedicated to the worship and praise of Lord to the exclusion of all other celebrations and earthly events...

I have tried to draw 30 different peacock feather combinations with the first two words of the first Tamil shloka (Thiruppaavai by Goddess AaNDaaL) as subtitiles to the feathers...