Pongal rangoli

Lakshmi,in villages invariably ladies used to put big rangoli during Margazhi month early morning before sunrise and keep atleast one Yellow color flower( sweet pumpkin plant's flower, i think) on the ball of cow-dung.(May be for dhrishti) Nice to see you follow the tradition, by including that in the kolam. Early morning excercise by Lakshmi and co?

wow so so many kolam legends are there sorrounding to you or else are you making them into like that? Anyhow it is feast for eyes. Pongal was celebrated grandly is it? viji

Dear Rajamma, In my early ages, we girls make very very big kolams and we never allow to cross any bullock cart or horse cart(kuduraivandi) through our kolams. we make cowdunk like pillayr and put one yellow flower called parangipoo above the pillayar. It is a symbalic that a girl in this house is ready for marriage.In the evening we make the sani pillayar(cowdungpillayar) into round shape and put on top of the cowshed. On the last day of Markali i mean on Bogi day we girls collect all the dried cowdung put it in a big bamboobasket and will go near the river and will make pongal and pulikolambu out of pumpkin . Do you know how tasteful that kulambo will? we innocent girls dontknow even how to prepare the kulambo. Even then it taste very very fine.We used to sing song kummi kollattam and will return to our house in the evening.Very nice olden days. viji