Dot counts
tOraNam - 21 X 4
kirITam - 1,3,3,3,5,7
nAmam - 1,3,3,3,3
Sankha and chakra - free hand
lamp - 1,1,1,7,5,3, eleven times 1, 7,5
rangOli left - 1,7,5,3,9,3,5,7,1
rangOli right - 1,3,7,7,7,11,7,7,7,3,1
drum - 4,8,8,8,4 free hand
tALa - free hand
Happy Pongal Greetings!
The sun is supposed to travel north from this day.
We need the warmth of the sun very badly here.
We're freeeeeeeeezing 
Regards! - mOhana
Ambigram is a writing with ambiguities.
That means it will mean one thing when
read in one way and another thing when
read in another way. Or it may mean
the same when read in either way. As
an example, I am enclosing an ambigram.
It is not difficult to find out 
This is a simple 1 3 5 3 1 type of rangoli.
Where the E's meet, the illusion of a circle
like a halo persists to give a peaceful feeling,
at least that is what I belive.
I am not separately submitting the DEMON=>ANGEl.
It is quite clear. But this type of figure is
called an ambigram. In some cases, it is easy
and in this case it is hard and am not still
satisfied. Generally, I play like this for
wedding gifts with the bride's name in one way
and the groom's name in the other way. I am told
this type of ambigram is in DaVinci Code.
Regards! - mOhana
This is a bit complicated as I substituted a round
candle picture photographed vertically from above
for the letter o. Where the L's meet a beautiful
svAstika (anti-clockwise) is created.
- mOhana
I experimented with various fonts and used a suitable one.
To create a wavelike feeling, I added the letter c to the
bottom of y and made j and y continuous. The four joys
meet at j. In principle I could have used a different
colour for o and make it look like a pearl or coral,
but didn't as new year's day was almost over!
- mOhana
This was done with the word HOPE and its mirror images.
Since the mirror image of H is itself, they were joined together
and the horizontal mirror images of H were overlaid in such
a way that the two lines of E and its mirror image coincide.
Then the H's form a ladder and on the right side, the E's
intercalate resulting in this pattern. The mirror image of
H was chosen deliberately, because hope sometimes is not
real, but only virtual. You cannot touch it. It is like
a dream! Enjoy!
Dear friend:
Happy New Year to you and to all your
near and dear ones.
Some explanations for this year's card: As you know,
I am nowadays trying to explore the beauty of
letters using symmetry in all languages.
Top left: HOPE (and its mirror image). Hope is
sometimes a mirror image. Is it not?
Top right: JOY. Incidentally an extra curve is
created to y by adding deftly the letter c.
Bottom left: Obvious (PEACE)
Bottom right: LOVE. In place of O, a round
candle is placed.
In the center is the most difficult assignment
DEMON => ANGEL. Still not satisfied.
But for the message, if you hold the card upside
down, the design will not change!
Have a prosperous new year! - mOhana
