I tried to make a dotted Padikolam(??) as Padi kolams are my favourite (also difficult for me to draw free hand!!) Though it is a 10 x 10 dot matrix, I have made a lot of free hand additions too. Hope it resembles a Padi kolam!!
-Sindhuja
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Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
- 10 x 10 Dotted Rangoli
- Marghazhi 6
- Marghazhi 3
- Chikku Saturday
- Star Marghazhi
- Coloured Padikolam
- Marghazhi 1
- Pookalam at Sarang
One more chikku kolam for Marghazhi. Hope the dot count is clear from the photo.
-Sindhuja
I made this kolam on one of the marghazhi days. Dot count: 7 - 3 interlaced. The design is from an old issue of "Aval Vikatan", magazine. Even here, I have used home-prepared colours. Hope u like it.
- Sindhuja
Today I tried making a small version of the chikku kolam uploaded recently by Malar Anand. I learnt to use Turmeric and Kumum in kolams from my Mother-in-law. I think I have only reproduced the chikku pattern, but not the neatness of Malar's kolam!!! Hope this is not bad, considering I have started to learn making kolams only since last 6 months.
-Sindhuja
One of my marghazhi kolams with 10 - 7 interlaced dot count. The outer green and central pink colours are regularly available kola podi colours.
-Sindhuja
This kolam was made by me on a Marghazhi Friday. I hope this passes as a Padi kolam as I don't know much about Padi kolams. Here also, the colours are home-prepared.
-Sindhuja
This is a simple colour kolam done by me during this marghazhi day-1. Dot count is 7 - 4 interlaced dots.
The colour powders were made with ingredients available at home. Violet made with "Ujala" liquid blue; Red is Kumkum; and orange made from Kesari (food) colour.
- Sindhuja
This Pookalam was done inside the "Kerala Village" theme area at the ongoing "Sarang" cultural festival of IIT, Chennai (probably by some students). It was about 5 feet by 5 feet. The photo was taken by my husband.
- Sindhuja
