Kolam by Sudha Balaji

A small n simple free hand rangoli for Karthigai Deepam festival decoration.  For a change a kolam  without dots and with colours too.  Of course, deepam or lamp is the theme.  What Diwali is for many parts of India, Karthigai Deepam is for Tamil Nadu.  It is also a festival of lights.  Two days or rather evenings are celebrated.  First day is Bharani Deepam and the next day is Karthigai Deepam.  The tradition of lighting lamps throughout the month is also followed in some families. The first small and easy kolam in two steps. The first pic shows the kolam with vellai kolamaavu. The second picture shows the same outline with colours. After starting with a what appears to be innocuous rangoli outline in the first image, the second one provides some clarity. The second image also presents the idea in the mind, a simple deepam kolam for Thiru Karthigai with white, yellow, green and red colours. It is suitable for small spaces. Small rangoli without ...

Talking of space, we had a lot of space outside our homes.  The entrance of the house led to the road.  The road was a mud road.  It was difficult to draw on the mud road because the surface was not conducive for drawing kolam and particles would fly too.  That is the reason water mixed with cow dung was sprinkled on the road.   This would bind the loose sand over a period of time.  It would also give a beautiful green and yellow background on which we could draw the white kolam !!. Obviously, all houses did not have cows. Water used to wash rice was stored in houses that did not have cows.  It was bartered for cow dung!!.  The milk maid took the water and gave some cow dung to prepare the surface for kolam .  It was a simple but beautiful life  This kolam is shown in two steps.  Use free hand designs to create small and awesome rangoli.  An example for small nemali muggulu designs or navilu rangoli  This rangoli can ...