The paDikOlams I viewed here and elsewhere are all square only. Why not create one with hexagonal (six-fold) symmetry was the thought that occured to me. Here is the result.
Regards! - mOhana
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Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
- hexagonal paDikOlam
- paDi kOlam - 7
- paDi kOlam - 6
- Garlic cloves
- Lunatic flowers!
- paDikOlam - 5
- tridaLa bilva patra
- Patterns of OM - 2
One more paDi kOlam assembled from the elements of the paDikOlam kit I made 
Regards! - mOhana
Most of the elements in this rangOli are from the toolkit! The only new ones are the flowers on all the four corners especially created for this and the central ashTadaLa padma. Regards! - mOhana
Thanks to latAjI for leaving me a garlic clove to make these arrangements!
Regards! - mOhana
Yes, I went to the moon,
returned with bits of lune,
and arranged them soon,
and fell into a swoon
Regards! - mOhana
A simple paDi kOlam is displayed here. It has a central lotus with eight petals. You may find Sankha, chakra, gadA and padmA on the sides. The outer border has tulasi. As purandaradAsa says, hari will not accept worship without tulasI.
Regards! - mOhana
Since a long time I wanted to make this. I could never find a proper picture. Finally i had to create one from an imperfect one. I am not still pleased with this. But my urge to do the patterns overtook the imperfect starting leaf. Aegle marmelos Correa (known as bilva) is a tree sacred to the devotees of Siva. They worship Siva with the leaves which resemble trifoils. The bilva fruits have medicinal properties too. Here are some patterns I created, one of which resembles a chakra! Regards! - mOhana
This is the second in the series of OM. On the left, we have the dots coming together and on the right we have the dEvanAgari u coming together. Enjoy! hari OM - mOhana
