MARGAZHI KOLAMS - - Share Yours :-)

Hi Sabari,
Thank you soooo much. . All these are apartment kolams only. Thankfully, in my parent's apartment, whenever I draw rangoli (read Margazhi month until Pongal), our milkmen and paper-men are so gracious as to not disturb my kolams and they very carefully place the milk packets and newspapers on our doormat. In our place, it is not quite so as it is the ground floor. Anyways, I take a pic immediately after drawing so that the kolam is still fresh and undisturbed. In my parent's place, our neighbour, seeing my interest, lets me draw one big kolam during Pongal common to both our apartments. For Pongal, my mom and dad used to help me. My dad is a Rangoli artist and he'll spread colours so finely that we are no match for him. (Of course, he does take a lot of time to finish, he he he...). He was the one who taught me and my sister how to put colours properly and evenly. Needless to say, he is our best critic. This year, he was saying, "Now that you are married off and gone, who is going to put Rangoli in our apartment?". I consoled him by showing the pic of the Pongal panai's that I drew this year.

 

Thank you so much, Swaran. As I mentioned in my reply to Sabari, its in my genes. Both my parents are good artists, and my dad, especially is a Rangoli artist.

The Umbrella kolam is a very old one, I copied it from my mom's diary. Few others, you might not have seen because I have this habit of doing 'ulta' - changing designs in existing kolams and all. Ha ha ha. This year's Pongal kolam is also an 'ulta' one - I thought of the design in the morning when waking up, tried it and put it. The conch kolam is one of my regulars every year.

We didn't win the competition. Our team was already winning most of the other competitions so in order to not discourage other teams, the kolam prizes were given to other teams. We took it in the festive spirit of sharing. But everyone appreciated our kolam a lot, and that mattered most to us. .

 

Kottaravi,
Very Nice and neat kolams.

 

Siri,
Your kolams are looking good.

 

@Sabari and @Swaran,

Yesterday, I had edited the posts to add dots information. As IL was down yesterday, I couldn't update the details of the last few. Here are the details for the missing ones...

Pongal kolam: (6 pots)
15-8 interlaced

Pongal kolam (Neli kolam)
22 dots - 5 rows, decrease gradually upto 7 - straight
Then, on top, 9 dots - 3 rows, then decrease gradually upto 3
Bottom, for the aduppu - 7 - 1 row, rest of the dots as needed
For the Sun, 7-3 interlaced.

 

Thanks a lot, Priya.

 

Swaran... Try it out.. You can do it.. Waiting for free hand rangolis from you for the next margazhi..