Dotted Kolams

Its a pongal time kolam 27 dots to 14 cross dots.

It has 29 dots straight rows till 1 dot. the dots around the center dot that is the 13th dot is placed according to the design to make it as a round shape.and the 15th dot is the center.

This is straight dotted kambi kolam. 65 dots straight line and 33 dots horizontal line.

I have put this Vinayagar kolam for the Times of India margazhi kolam contest and I won the prize worth Rs.25,000/- Designer saree from RMKV. First I put this vinayagar on paper with pencil. It took 2hrs. Then I thought if I drew this kolam with rice flour, would it take more than 3hrs? So, I started this kolam at 3am in the early morning. Dots tooks 2 hrs, after that I finished Vinayagar at around 8.30am in the morning. Behind my house there is space to draw my Vinayagar. In that place we didn't have proper lights. My father and brothers made some temporary arrangements and fixed a small light, and my sister and brother's wife were also up early morning, and they stood in both sides and gave some feedback every now and then (...it looks nice, good, draw the line properly, correctly). My family supports to me a lot.

Hard work never fails. Its god's gift.

Thanks
With Regards
A.Hemamalini

Kolam done on Pongal by me.... My friends Sasikala and Swathi helped me....
Dot Pattern: 13 to 7, in between dots(sandhu pulli)
Sparkle colors were used for the big flowers...