Traditional kolam for Aadi Velli

I have added four simple traditional rangoli with lines for Aadi Velli kolangal 2023 . 

They are easy to draw yet beautiful 

Aadi month is auspicious in Tamil Nadu , particularly Tuesday, Friday and Sunday are considered auspicious.  

Some of the important days are Aadi Krithigai, Pooram and Aadi Perukku.  

So I have shared a traditional rangoli with lines that can be drawn for this month.  As usual decorate with kaavi to make it more beautiful.

Using lines and some common patterns we can create hundreds of patterns. Various combinations can be tried.  

The best time to experiment with the floor as the canvas, is  early in the morning with the melodious Venkatesa Suprabhatham by the great MS Subbulakshmi in the background  

Star kolam without dots 

Simple kodu kolam

Small kodu kolam

Step by step images for a padi kolam for the festival 

Traditional padi kolam

Preferred for Fridays 

Deepam decorations for this small padi kolam design

For my mother-in-law, her ishta deivam was Thiruverkadu Karumari Amman. Our kula deivam is Lord Balaji, Tirupathi. She went to that temple for more than five decades invariably on Sundays.  During the month of Aadi and on the first Sunday she went there to take the paal kudam and have darshan.  She had lunch only after returning home.  Later she went to the temple on many more Sundays during Aadi month.  Incidentally the festival of Aadi it is celebrated for 12 weeks in the temple.  She was a great devotee of the Goddess.  

I remember a song in which there is a line where the devotee prays "let my descendants be your devotees too".  This is just a rough translation.  Similarly, we are also following her tradition. Our family also goes to Thiruverkadu temple regularly.  My husband's elder brother, whenever he comes to India from the USA, makes it a point to have darshan of Goddess Karumari Amman.