Shanku chakra namam rangoli kolam
An auspicious Pooja room kolam and hence not drawn at the entrance. As in the case of many posts I have shown
the white kolam only. It is preferable to decorate with kavi ( ochre ) colour. Kavi is usually used for
auspicious occasions.
This kolam can be drawn for our Wednesday kolangal or Saturday kolam as these two days are important for Lord Vishnu
We can also draw for Vaikunta Ekadasi festival, Purattasi month (the whole month is considered important for Lord Venkateswara)
I have also added Goddess Lakshmi's Feet for this rangoli. In traditional rangoli we represent Her through Feet patterns.
The main rangoli represents the Lord through shanka and chakra designs with the Namam pattern at the centre. 🙏🙏
I receive few suggestions on social media - like lines should be drawn from top to bottom, patterns should be drawn clockwise and not counterclockwise
Though I appreciate their views, I think that we must first encourage drawing kolam daily at the entrance particularly
in metros where I see that this tradition is somewhat affected, i.e drawing daily, I mean. The practice of drawing rangoli for functions, festivals etc is still there, thankfully.
Sangu chakra combination for Pooja room rangoli designs is common. I have added the Namam and the Feet of Goddess too to make it unique. Just as we have lotus or Feet patterns between the sangu and chakram, we can also have these two-pattern discussed in the previous sentence.
There were quite a few requests for a kolam book. After a lot of hesitation, I finally tried to bring out one with a help of a publisher. I wanted to include recipes and information on festivals also to make it a handbook or a coffee table book. The result was not to my expectation.
The book appeared to have a bias towards recipes and not rangoli. It was listed on Amazon and Flipkart also. Though there was positive feedback from those who purchased it from me directly, I reluctantly withdrew the book from circulation because it did not serve the purpose for which I published it (teaching simple rangoli).
I understand that still it appears in search results based on which I get messages, comments. I have no plan of bringing it back into circulation. Maybe in the future a totally new book on only kolam is on my mind. It requires a lot of time and effort. Hope I am able to devote the time and effort needed in the future.