hi its nice to see u after long time...this is my latest rangoli with sand and glitties kumil at its center and covered with stencil art...hope u all like tat...
iksli
Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
- sand kumil
- Nepenthes -- the pitcher plant
- tamil new year special
- cross stitch kolam
- Single stroke kolam
- Bluebells Rangoli
- UGAADI - 2008
- Storks Rangoli
- Pookalam
- Rangoli done with flowers
Created by Lata on 2010-06-08,
It has been my dream to make a rangoli that represents one of my favorite plants; the Pitcher plant - Nepenthes. There are many variations when it comes to the shape and color of the Pitcher plant. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants. Plants consist of specialized leaves in the shape of a pitcher which contains liquid. The insects get attracted to the pitcher and drown in the liquid. The plant absorbs the contents over a period of few days. The comments tag leads you to a detail page, that has the flies-animation file. There are 8 flies zooming around that get settled (trapped) on the dots that were intentionally left over within the pitcher (2 per pitcher). This is a dotted kolam; 15x1, parallel style. Here is one species of Nepenthes:
http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/m1/EleNZ2/Nepenthes_alata_boschiana1...
The flower is equally interesting both in terms of the petal-shape and color:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/16...
Created by deepa ram on 2010-04-20,
a kolam on the mud floor for chithirai varuda pirappu,an usual kolam but coloured to look different hope u all like it
Created by sivapriya_ssp on 2010-03-01,
This is the first cross stitch kolam i tried...It is a very simple carpet design
Created by Lata on 2010-02-25,
Inspired by Mrs.Rajam. Dot count: 15, 13 (2lines), 9 (2 lines), 5 (2 lines) and ending in 1 dot on all sides. I had made a colored version of the same last year and published it here. But, I had to unpublish it after an hour or so, since I didn't realize that I had published the same dotted kolam done by another member. But, this version is an animated one, as promised to Mrs.Rajam. Let me know what you think of it. 
Here is the original version: http://ikolam.com/node/3382
Created by Lata on 2009-09-14,
This is my animated version of the Bluebells kolam. Hope you like it.
Created by lakshmiraghu on 2009-03-25,
The festival of "UGAADI" is celebrated on the first day of Telugu/Kannada new year every year. Each year has got it's own specific name. The name for this new year is "SARVADHAARI" (on the same basis ,we have 2007/08 and so on as per English calender}.
On this day telugu people prepare "UGAADI PACHADI"( chutnee}using six ingredients (SHADRUCHIES} such as SALT, GREEN CHILLIES {in some places pepper is also used}TAMARIND, NEEM FLOWERS, JAGGERY AND RAW MANGOES. The philosophy behind this is that life is a mixture of experiences and we have to face it with an even mind.
Myself and my friend Bharathi got an idea to create a rangoli using above items. So we created a rangoli with pepper and other one is without pepper, mango leaves, neem leaves, flowers, bananas, turmaric, kumkum boxes are only for decoration. Any how it is a festival day, these items are also giving auspicious look. By seeing this rangoli younger generation knows what items to use for "UGAADI PACHADI".
WE WISH ONE AND ALL A HAPPY UGAADI.
THANKS.
lakshmiraghu, bharathibhaskar.
Created by Lata on 2009-02-17,
Hello Kids!
Have you ever made a kolam with storks? Here is one if you have not tried any.
- Start with the dots as shown (mouse over the storks to see the dots details).
- Connect the dots.
- Fill the storks with your favorite colors.
Show it to your family members. And upload your creations to ikolam !
