paDikOlam - 4

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About paDikOlam - 4 : PRINT

This paDikOlam was created in the usual medium. It has all the usual characteristics of a paDikOlam, viz., horizontal and vertical lines, Sankhas and chakras, lamps and flowers. After creating the rangOli, another peculiar feature struck my eyes. I slightly remodofied the rangOli to enhance this feature. Please try to find out what this extra feature is. Aa always, your comments and suggestions are most welcome!

Regards! - mOhana

Rangoli: paDikOlam - 4

Comments

lakshmiraghu's picture

mOhanaji .. is the light effect from shanka & Lamps ?? .. Rangoli is very beautiful.

rajamma_2's picture

mOhanaji, I think you have put some dot like thing in the centre design to give the effect of the lines running over the other, without making a cross square there!
Ofcourse the 3D effect of the Shanku and flowers also add up to it.

jayamohan's picture

This looks devine! I too feel that the light-effect from the Shanku is the extra feature added!

subashini's picture

mohanji,your shanku looks like natural.The flowers also very good.

radpri's picture

JKMji "andhanga chaala chaala bhagaundi and kotha design cutega inka chaala bhagaundi"

indhu420's picture

serene and calming ... lovely conchs...

pavan kashyap's picture

mOhanaji uncle is it the small circles inbetween the horizontal and vertical lines???

judelined's picture

JKM lovely colour combination and the shanku is the highlight..

Rajamma I think the vertical lines are overlapping the horizontal lines hence it looks like dots behind - if the gap between the lines were bigger then there would have been squares instead...

jkmrao's picture

Thanks for the comments. The Sankha, the lamp and the flower are real.
You're all on the wrong track Wink

Regards! - mOhana

judelined's picture

Of course they are real ones - it is quite obvious JKM - what I meant was that they are well blended and looked very good..

madhuharini's picture

The light effect in sangu is really unbelieable in kolam.Thanks for sharing mOhanaji.

anirudh's picture

so nice mOhanaji....too good.

yes...the eyes...the eyes on the shankas....makes me to feel lord Ganesha in them.

pavan kashyap's picture

uncle the inner and outer border edges have space, and it is not continous?? have identified correctly??

Lata's picture

I'll also join the bandwagon and give out my answer (I know it is not going to be correct though).
I see that the pattern is starting to resemble a hridayakamalam.

rajamma_2's picture

All are Valampurishanku??

jkmrao's picture

They are ordinary Sankhas. Let me give a clue. Sankha is a "part" of the characteristic.

Regards! - mOhana

Lata's picture

Could it be sangu chakra? This is so hard Smile

mani's picture

The shankas look like small Ganeshas, with two dots for the eyes, is that the special feature?
Reminds me of the story of "the blind men and the elephant"!

jkmrao's picture

The feature consists of four parts of which the Sankha is one.

Regards! - mOhana

Lata's picture

I couldn't phone a friend, no lifeline. But, given the clue, here is my final answer; Sudarshana Chakra. Smile
I can't wait for the others to give it a shot later one. Smile

snehasimha's picture

is the second feature chakra?

snehasimha's picture

i want to guess.is it the derivation of god?

lakshmiraghu's picture

mOhanaji is it "lotus" shape inside the rose flower?? shanka, chakra, padma, so next one is "Gadha.."??? unable to identified...is this right?

snehasimha's picture

lakshmiji i too think the same.but i guess it's sanka,chakra,padma,hastha.that's why i asked whether it's derivation of god?

jkmrao's picture

No it is not gadA, lakshmIjI. The feature I am referring to is made up of four parts, one of which is the Sankha. You have to find out the other three present in the rangOli to get the desired characteristic. This feature is also repeated more than once. Time to go to bed, it is nearing 11:30. I'll give the answer tomorrow.

Regards! - mOhana

snehasimha's picture

mohanaji is it sankha,chakra,sankha,chakra?

lakshmiraghu's picture

mOhanaji before good night ... just felt on all four corners " is the elephant trunk decorated "

gowri_ana's picture

mOhanaji Excellent kolam looks divine... i have been asking many time.. why padikolam is called padikolam ?? the color kolam is on the way... by the way the nelson mandela black and white kolam was so meaningful,didnt properly look it during my vacation time... i was searching in your gallery could not find it...

Lata mam,

I could see kolam are nowadays not going to the gallery, any specific reason... i cant find kolams in members gallery which are placed in recent kolams... in my gallery too cant find some of my latest kolams which were uploaded

jkmrao's picture

Thanks gaurIjI! Some of my "topical" rangOlis may be found in my blog. The blog reflects some of my very personal views on various aspects of kOlam.

Regards! - mOhana

dibbutn's picture

Enthralling!!!! Beautiful...keep it up.

jkmrao's picture

The smaller and bigger white arcs together look like the number three (or dEvanAgari u). Together with the Sankha and the lamp, they form the OM symbol. Initially, I had the direction of the sankha reversed. When I saw the emergence of the OM pattern, I had it to the present form so that the upper contour of the Sankha resembles more to the OM contour. It would have been more obvious if I had lowered the lamp a bit. That I thought would destroy the symmetry. Now the question is - is this how this symbol came into existence? That is a wild shot Smile latAjI, I hinted the solution further to you by uploading an OM rangOli!

Regards! - mOhana

rajamma_2's picture

mOhanaji,I wrote OM in the papaer in sanskrit and was not able to see the round coming inside that, moreover the yellow flower was standing out. so left my guessing thereitself.
Anyhow, I accept that it was not easy to visualise that as OM at one shot.

lakshmiraghu's picture

mOhanaji oh!!! my thought never went on that, thank you

Purni's picture

Oh Wow, JKMji... Your work is awesome.... A mindblowing padikolam given out in your Unique Style.... So Pure & Divine with so many thoughts to feed our soul.... Thank You so much, Sir...

jayamohan's picture

Thoughtful modifications to bring 'om' around, Omhanaji, sorry mOhanaji!

Lata's picture

I couldn't have guessed this one even if I had taken a look at the om rangoli mOhanaji,
you see it wouldn't have been fair to everybody Smile
Thank you for the food for thought!