Bought some ready made colour powders from Poona 2 months back, only nowI got time to use them.So here is a small chikku kolam decorated withcolour podi.
( All the best to all Margazhi kolam contest participants. This year I'll not be able to contribute, but will enjoy admiring and commenting 
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This year Margazhi I could not upload kolams. One small makkolam I put to welcome Margazhi on the first day. So to say bye bye to this 'kolam month' one more small wet maavu Padikolam I have put. I really enjoyed admiring all the recent colourful kolams from so many ikolam members. Thank you all for treatingwith your wonderful creations.
This peacock kolam took 2 weeks for me to complete. When I finished colouring one of the peacock, i had some guests and could not complete it for 3 days. When I started again the colours faded and the mixing gave some other colour. Then I have to visit my mother and came back after one week, everything was in a bad shape , so I started again and with some patch work and somehow finished it in this shape. I felt it is not that neat, but wanted to share, since I have no patience to do it again. If somebody can copy and produce it in a better way, I'll be too happy . 
I just wanted to put a small chikku kolam with in the square slab in my hall. So first put the corner flower design with dots and then filled the inner portion and connected the corner designs. Used majentha and Rama-green to decorate this.Hope you like it.
On Margazhi first day I was in my brother's place to take care of my old mother. There,In the small corridor I could put only a small wet maavu kolam to welcome kolam month "Maadhangalil aval Maargazhi".( yezhaikkeththa Ellurundai....Poor woman's sweet)
After a gap, I am continuing 13-1 serieschikku kolams.(Inspired by Padma's kolams) During Karthigai month I was very busy. Could put small kolams only. This one is done on the eve of Karthigai month in Simple colouring with 2 diyas .
When I visited an old age home in Pune on the Deepaavali eve, they wanted me to put rangoli there. I could only recall my recent Deepaavali deepam kolam and with some modification reproduced it.Had a nice Diwali with the inmates there.
During Diwali I was travelling thru the villages of Maharashtra. Everywhere we were welcomed by colourful SB rangolis.I saw nearly 100 rangolis drawn infront of small houses, could take photos of some of them. More than the greenary around I was enjoying the rangolis. Here is one of them for you all to enjoy.
