Maakolam (Ratha Saptami)

Maakolam (Ratha Saptami)

Good Morning!

Maakolam/ wet rice flour kolam for Ratha Saptami.

Ratha Saptami festival is celebrated on the shukla saptami of lunar month, Magha.  The seventh day is the time when the Sun starts gaining momentum in the zodiac after the culmination into Capricorn. This Northernly movement, Uttarayana, is “brahma mārga”--the direction towards the Divine.  It is said that we should pull the ratha,  which is our “mind”, to follow the brahma marga. Let Diwakara imbue us with gnaana & launch us towards the divine.

Chariot kolam

Ratha Saptami kolam

Good morning 

In Vedic Ancient period Sun God was popularly called as Surya and Savitr. The form of Sun in his Ratha(chariot) with Aruna (charioteer) turns towards northern hemisphere. The north eastern direction with Sun is worshipped today. The seven horses of Sun represents (seven colours) and seven days of a week.

A wet rice flour kolam for Ratha Saptami.