Padi Kolam - Pongal & Margazhi Special!

Padi Kolam - Pongal and Makar Sankranti Special!
Namaste and Happy Pongal and Makar Sankranti to all!

Pongal Pandigai is an important festival, which is celebrated for 4 days.
Day 1 - Bogi Pandigai
Day 2 - Pongal Pandigai
Day 3 - Mattu Pongal
Day 4 - Kanum Pongal

I have drawn a freehand padi kolam. As Pongal is a harvest festival, I have drawn pot or panai, sugarcane, Sun and diya to represent Pongal festival.
I hope you all like it!
Thank you!

Freehand Maa Kolam - Karthikai Deepam Special!

Freehand Maa Kolam - Karthikai Deepam Special!

Today I am sharing a maa kolam or wet rice flour kolam, which can be drawn in a small place or chinna vasal. A freehand rangoli in vasal padi.

This Karthikai Masam starts from (Nov mid - Dec mid). In South India this is one of the auspicious month.... during evening we light diyas in front of our house to welcome Goddess Lakshmi ( Goddess of wealth and prosperity).

In Tamil Nadu we celebrate Karthikai Deepam as Tiruvannamalai Deepam and Sarvalaya Deepam.
We draw Maa Kolam and use kaavi. We can draw padi kolam or freehand rangoli and decorate diyas in rangoli.
I hope you all like my rangoli!
Please do provide your comments.
Thank you!

Simple Kolam

Simple Kolam!
I always like to share simple and easy rangoli or kolam which can be drawn in a small place or 'Chinna Vasal'.

As today is the first day of Karthikai Masam / Month I am sharing a simple free hand Kolam decorated with diyas / deepam. Today I am sharing easy free hand lotus motif kolam. Hope you all like it.
Please do provide your comments.
Thank you!

Padi Kolam - Navaratri Special!

Padi Kolam - Navaratri Special!

Namaste!
Today I am sharing a multi-coloured padi Kolam for Vijayadasami. Vijayadasami is the most auspicious day to start any new thing. We can draw any colour rangoli or multi-coloured Kolam. We need to worship 'Goddess Vijaya', neivedhyam 'Paal Payasam', and any colour rangoli.
Hope you all like it.
Thank you!

Padi Kolam - Navaratri Special!

Padi Kolam for Navaratri!

Namaste!
Today 8th day of Navaratri or we call this day as 'Astami' we worship 'Goddess Durga', neivedeyam any 'Payasam' and sky blue Rangoli. (17th Oct 2018).
I am sharing a simple Padi Kolam with an outline of sky blue. Hope you all like it.
Thank you!

Padi Kolam - Navaratri Special!

Padi Kolam - Navaratri Special!
Today being 2nd day of Navaratri ( Oct 2018) I am sharing a simple yellow colour Padi Kolam. 

During Navaratri in South India, we keep Golu or Gombe, which means dolls decorated in steps. We need to make steps with wooden plank or now days fibre steps are available.
   You can keep steps in odd number such as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. In some houses it's a custom to keep 'Kalasam or Kalash' in the first step and other dolls of God's and Goddesses.
We need to draw Rangoli or Kolam with wet rice flour or normal fry rice flour.

We can draw Rangoli with dots or free hand rangoli.
I gendrally follow the colour with the day during Navaratri. Today it's yellow colour, Pooja to Goddess Kowmaari and neivedeyam pulliyogarai.
Hope you all like my kolam.
Pl. do provide your comments.
Thank you!

Padi Kolam - Navaratri Special!

Padi Kolam!
Namaste!
Today being  1st day of Navaratri, I am sharing a Padi Kolam with Royal Blue colour. A very simple and easy kolam which can be drawn in an apartment or for chinna vasal... which means small entrance.
Today royal blue Rangoli, we need to worship 'Goddess Maheswari' and neivedeyam Ven Pongal. ( This is for 2018 Navratri)
I hope you all like it!
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Thank you!

Padi Kolam

Padi Kolam
Today I'm sharing a Padi Kolam with wet rice flour. Kolam with wet rice flour is drawn for special functions or Pandigai in South India. Today being 'Purattasi Sani' or first Saturday of Purattasi month. Purattasi is the Tamil month ( mid September - mid October).

Purattasi Saturday Special
This month is very auspicious in vedic calendar. Special Pooja are observed on Saturday's for 'Lord Maha Vishu' or 'Perumal'.

The 'Purattasi Sani' / Saturday are considered Sacrosanct. In this month, specially fasting are observed for Perumal or Lord Balaji.

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InTamilnadu, some families do special pooja's such as 'Samaradanai' and chant 'Vishu Saharsanamam'. 

I hope you all like my Padi Kolam. Please do provide your comments.
Thank you!

Maa Kolam - Ganesha Chaturthi!

Maa Kolam - Vinayaka Chaturthi!

Padi Kolam with wet rice flour is drawn in South India for festivals, special occasions like Ganesha Chaturthi, Janmashtami, Aadi Velli, Thai Velli, Pongal, Diwali, Navaratri, House warming, Poonal Pandigai, Sathabishekam, Sashtithapoorthy etc.

For Wet rice flour, we need to soak raw rice in water for atleast 1 hr. Once it is soaked you need to grind it in Mixie.... remove water then grind...add little water and make a very fine paste. Transfer the paste from Mixie to a small container and add little water to make a thin consistency to draw Rangoli. You need to use very small cotton cloth or muslim cloth dip it in wet rice flour and start putting rangoli. After dipping into the wet rice flour you need to squize with your thumb figure and hold the wet cloth in middle finger and ring finger.
You can draw a freehand rangoli or Padi Kolam or dots rangoli with wet rice flour.
I am sharing a simple Padi Kolam for Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesha Chaturthi. One of the importance festival of Hindus is 'Ganesh Chaturthi'.
Hope you like it!
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Thank you!

Padi Kolam

Padi Kolam

In Indian Culture we draw kolam or rangoli for festival's. Today I'm sharing a Padi Kolam for 'Varmahalakshmi or 'Varamahalakshmi Nombu' which is celebrated in South India. Mainly in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. 

'Varamahalaksmi Vritam' or 'Vrat'or 'Nombu'  is celebrated by married women or Sumangali. It is believed that worshipping Varamahalaksmi gives, boon or Vara to the family. 

Worshipping Varamahalaksmi Vrat is equivalent to worship 'Ashtalakshmi' or eight goddess such as... goddess of Wealth, Earth, Love, Wisdom, Peace, Fame, Pleasure and Strength.
I'm sharing a Padi Kolam with stripes with atouch of 'kaavi'. Hope you all like it!
Please do provide your comments.
Thank you!

Padi Kolam

Chinna Vasal Padi Kolam

Padi Kolam for 'Tamil New Year' 

I have used rice flour to draw lines of padi kolam. We can expand our Padi Kolam with curves, strokes, stripes, flowers, lotus, Suzi etc...
Pl. do provide your comments.
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Diwali Free Hand Kolam

Diwali Free Hand Kolam 🎆

Free Hand Kolam

Colours used in Free Hand Kolam!!!

A free hand Rangoli, with slight shade of pink.

Just tried this free hand Rangoli, with minimum colours...  Hope you all like it!

Thank you!