Kolam by Sudha Balaji

 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 en...

Mango leaves are considered auspicious in South India.   We invariably find toran made of mango leaves hung on the doorways of houses for festivals - Diwali, Sankranti, Varalakshmi Pooja Navratri and also during functions - housewarming, Aksharabhyasam, baby showers etc. So kolam with mango leaves called maavilai kolangal are also important to emphasise happy occasions in our homes.  Above what we see is a collection of rangolis using these patterns. When drawn in white we can decorate with geru to denote a function or festival. Rangoli auspicious Diwali  2 by 2 dots maavilai kolam 3 by 2 dots maavilai kolangal  4 by 4 dots mango leaves rangoli  5 by 3 dots mango leaf rangoli 7 by 4 dots maavilai rangoli 9 by 5 dots maavilai kolam - different type. maavialai thoranam kolam - 11 to 1 pulli design A very simple rangoli with 11 dots.  Still two steps have been shown to explain the design. The four patt...

I have a video for this kolam on my YouTube Channel.  This video has been the official video of YouTube for quite some time. Aishwarya patra rangoli  ( an important Devara mane rangoli )  or  aishwarya kolam   another popular rangoli with dots. I learnt some designs from my mother-in-law.  This is one of them.  It is considered to be auspicious and drawn on Fridays , during festivals like   Navarathri ,    Varalakshmi Vratha  and   Lakshmi Pooja.  This is an important Veli kizhamai kolam as it is called in Tamil.  Aishwarya kolam, Hase, Kubera kolam and Hridaya kamalam can be called as Mahalakshmi kolam as they are drawn on Fridays in the Puja room.  Friday is considered important for Mahalakshmi in our tradition. This kolam can also be drawn in the mandap where we place Goddess Lakshmi for Varalakshmi Vratham Pooja ( Varamahalakshmi Habba ) or for on the plank ( manai ) where we place Lord Ganesh du...

Hridaya kamala kolam - a dots kolam for Friday for Puja room The rangoli after completion with just white rangoli powder. Usually, it is drawn this way with a kaavi (red) border. Usually drawn in white with kaavi border, I have used colours for the sequence and also have another picture with colours filled to give an idea for those who wish to learn this kolam  ( also called Lakshmi muggu ) how the petals are formed. This is the famous Hridaya kamalam. Lotus is used widely in rangolis and in auspicious rangolis too. This lotus design is a revered rangoli.   This rangoli and hase rangoli are considered to be very auspicious and hence considered to be Godess Laksmi's favourites.  This is meant only for  pooja  rooms and is not recommended for doorways, entrances.  The following images show the first three steps in drawing this lotus rangoli.  The first image shows the first step after the dot pattern.  The second image shows the continuity i...