Vellikizhamai Pooja arai kolam

There are some traditional kolam designs that are drawn in the Pooja room particularly on Fridays ( Vellikizhamai in Tamil)

These designs are considered to represent Goddess Lakshmi and are usually in the shape of a lotus and hence they are not drawn at the entrance of homes.

However, the regular kolam drawn at the entrance are for welcoming Goddess Lakshmi 

One of the many benefits of drawing this simple art is the positive thoughts and positive vibes that emanate when we draw it.

We draw the Feet of God or Goddess imagining that He / She is residing there to bless us.  I have used this them here too

The images show the step-by-step procedure to draw this beautiful rangoli. 1) The dot pattern is 4 dots in 16 directions

2) Draw curved lines outside sets of three dots as shown in the pic 3) After completion of lines in one direction, start drawing the other set of lines.

4)   Connect the 6th line after leaving 5 curved lines.  Continue.  Draw Lakshmi Padham for Friday Poojai decoration 

As we usually do decorate with kaavi border around the periphery and at the centre to give an auspicious look 

How to make dots in rangoli photo 1

Kolam tips for how to keep dots in rangoli - The beauty of these kolangal wherein we have so many dots to be placed relies on small dots. The smaller the dots the more beautiful it is and the easier it is to draw among the dots. Cambridge dictionary says that a dot means a very small round mark.  The use of "very" emphasises that it should be as small as possible. 

Vellikizhamai kolam with dots

If we place big dots, usually they are not round in shape and they are not suitable these rangoli designs with dots for Friday kolam.  We should remember that the quantity of kola podi taken with decide the size of dots.  Lesser the quantity smaller the dots.

Vellikizhamai rangoli kolam

I have learnt from the comments I receive on social media, how difficult it is to draw a beautiful rangoli design with dots (viewer's eye view, if I may use the term).  For the rangoli video made for this kolam, viewers were impressed by the lines being drawn among so many dots without touching any of them.

Vellikizhamai podum kolam

If you factor in my method of placing dots in rangoli wherein, invariably I have a closely packed dot grid, you can appreciate the difficulty.  Rangoli tips and tricks to achieve this - it is just concentration and focus.  Only the dot grid and to emphasise it further, only the dots among which the line is to be drawn should be visible to our eyes.  An analogy would be the story of Arjuna in Mahabaratha in which his teacher asks him to take aim a bird sitting on the branch of tree. The teacher asks him whether the tree is visible, he says no. He further asks him whether the bird is visible.  Arjuna replies in the negative and says he can see only the eye of the bird. It is just an example; I am not comparing with Arjuna by any stretch of imagination. 🙏🙏 Draw Lakshmi Padham for Friday Poojai decoration.