The whole design is made up of squares. Watch your optical reactions 
Regards! - mOhana
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Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
- Roof to my God's temple - 12
- Another new insight into sOnA patterns
- Happy New Year!
- Christmas candles
- Roof to my God's Temple - 11
- Roof to my God's Temple - 10
- Roof to my God's temple - 9
- Another twist to the sOnA patterns
On the top right, we have a 3 x 4 single line sOnA pattern. On the left is a modification of this pattern. The dots (row1-col3), (row1-col4), (row2-col3), (row2-col4), (row3-col3), (row3-col4) have been separated and a new pattern (still single line) has been obtained. These are rotated by 90 degrees and joined together. The orientation of the top left is the same as the one exactly below it. Now as in any sOna square, we get two lines. But this pattern is similar to many of the chikku kOlams our friends draw and upload on the site. People who are looking for novel patterns may try this with bigger dot patterns like 5 rows and 6 columns and in that case we will have a 11 dot square. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
Here is wishing you all a very happy new year! This rangOli is made starting from a motif that has 20 dots in rows and 11 dots in columns (for the year 2011). This is a sona pattern with a single line. The inside of this is scooped out with the numerals 2,0,1,1 in such a way that we still have a single line even after this exercise. This is rotated by 90, 180, 270 degrees and arranged with one square overlap to give a sona square with two lines. The overall symmetry is low (only two-fold rotation). The central space is filled with apt decorations. This is a complicated chikku kOlam. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
Here is a sOnA modification of a 5x6 pattern to give rise to Christmas candles. Merry Christmas!
Regards! - mOhana
The eight petaled lotus flower is formed with the letter A. The gaps are filled with the heart and the sun. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
Alphabetic letters of all languages always inspire me and enlighten me. To me, they are a never-ending source for creating new patterns. The basic motif in this pattern was formed with the letter Y. The gaps have been filled with appropriate patterns. Enjoy!
Regards! - Jejjala Krishna Mohana Rao
Here I am presenting the pentagonal star in a hexagonal setting. The interspaces are filled with a hexagonal star at the centre of which is a complex hRdayakamalam. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
Here is a new twist to the sOnA patterns. When I formed the sOnA squares, I rotated the basic pattern (say a 4x5 square) by 90 degrees repeatedly and overlapped just one square of the neighbouring patterns. What if one overlaps two squares of the neighbouring patterns? Today's pattern is the answer for that. The basic 4x5 pattern has one line and this has two lines. But the symmetry is quite low, only two-fold or a 180 deg rotation. This line of thinking arose in me after I observed one of Mrs kAmESvarI's patterns and I am grateful to her for opening this new line of research.
Regards! - mOhana
