Kolam by Sudha Balaji

21 flowers to be offered to Lord Ganesha.  We can try to purchase as many as possible and available. I have given the names of some of the flowers that are easily available. Tamil names are given in brackets.  a) Jasmine (Malli) b) Oleander (Arali) c) Night jasmine (parijatham ) d) Spanish Jasmine ( jathi malli ) e) Chrysanthemum (Sevanthi) f) Arabian Jasmine (Mullai) g) Champak ( shenbagam ) h) Screw pine ( thazham poo ) i ) Calotropis( Erukkam poo) j) Datura ( oomathai poo)  k) Spanish cherry flower ( maghizam ) l) Cassia fistula ( Konrai ) m) Orchid ( mandharai ) n) Thumbe ( Thumbai ) If there is any discrepancy in English names, please let me know Shenbagam- I purchase in Koyambedu flower market where we get 100 flowers for Rs.120 on normal days (normal day - days other than Thursday, Friday and festivals like Varalakshmi Vratham are over.  I shared a garland made from these flowers on YouTube.  One viewer said she has a tree in her house and she get...

 On 20th of August 2022 , I completed 10 years on social media .  I started sharing rangoli images on Blogger on 20th of August 2012.   My Instagram account - Rangoli sans dots also crossed one lakh followers in the same week.  Obviously it has been possible due to the support and motivation given my viewers.   Initially I started posting rangoli images on my kolam website.  Then I started posting videos on YouTube.   They became so popular that I was invited by YouTube to the inauguration of their first studio in Asia at Mumbai .  That was in 2015.  You may learn more about my journey on social media if you are interested Then I started posting videos on my Facebook Page from 2016 .   Only recently i.e March 2022 I started posting rangoli reels on Instagram.  Many viewers ask why all my Pages are called Rangolisansdots though I post designs with dots also.  Initially I started with kolam without dots. ...

 Try this different padi kolam for Sri Krishna Jayanthi.  You have to believe it , I created this instantaneously.  Lotus patterns are most welcome for festivals .  This is where I thought for a while before adding them as shown in the images. Dots , spirals , shading always add more beauty to the kolam .  White rangoli is also beautiful , we can display it without colours as is usually done.  You can also try it for Sankranthi geethala muggulu new designs  These without chukki rangoli drawn mostly with lines are intricate  Old fashioned rangoli designs are among the top rangoli .  We can try once for Diwali , Dhanteras. Decorate with kaavi or draw with wet rice flour for the festival

 Small or big is a relative term, we can consider ( up to )  7 dots kolam as small. The first kolam shown in two steps uses 5 by 5 dot pattern. A collection of white rangoli design , chukki rangoli for our daily kolam to adorn the entrance of our homes. We draw big rangoli designs for the kolam festival season i.e Dhanrumasam.  My sisters and I with our mother created big rangoli designs with dots or without ( my mother was a specialist in free hand rangoli designs ) No wonder , I am greatly influenced by her and share lots of free hand rangoli .  After several requests from viewers I started sharing chukki rangoli designs also. I think there will be roughly 50% of each type ( rangoli without dots and rangoli with dots ) in this blog.  5 pulli kolam in two steps  This is a 7 by 7 dot rangoli | chukkala muggu The chukki rangoli in the image below is drawn using  7 by 4 dots