Though the designs vary in different sections of india and is called by different names, the basic approach is common. Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour, chalk, chalk powder or rock powder, often using naturally or synthetically colored powders, in sri lanka, the indian states of tamil nadu, karnataka, telangana, andhra pradesh, kerala and some parts of goa, maharashtra as well as indonesia, malaysia, thailand and a few other asian countries. Observance of mattu pongal is part of the pongal festival. In tamil nadu rangoli is known as kolam, mandana in rajasthan, chowk purna in northern india, alpana in west bengal, aripana in bihar and muggu in andhra pradesh.
Pongal is also referred to as thai pongal is a multiday hindu harvest festival of south india. Best dots images rangoli designs, rangoli ideas, simple rangoli. Jan 11, 2018 hey friends, for pongal special, i have tried to do a rangoli. We have a big kolam and on either side we have some smaller kolam too. Latest rose flower puli kolam designs for margazhi month.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Celebrate pongal with these colourful and creative kolam rangoli designs at your doorstep. Double stroke rangoli thumb with point and middle fingers let the powder flow as two lines that creates beautiful double stroke. The pongal festival will be celebrated with happiness and joy full. The kolam structure naturally lends itself to a rich artistic expression. Pongal is generally a fourday festival of fervent celebrations during 2010, it will be held from to 16 january marking the officially declared tamil new year day, the beginning of the month of thai starting with 14 january every year, as per tamil calendar. Draw this leaf and flower kolam and celebrate this pongal with brightness and happiness. Kolam and rangoli images from may not be copied without express written permission. The first day is called bhogi the last day of dhanurmas month of. The other beautiful thing about the kolam is that it reflects the personality of the woman who draws the kolam. It is just a kolam style and design ive attempted with floral petals on all four sides. Thai pongal kolam pictures of pongal kolams hindu blog.
Pongal is an indian festival which is generally celebrated by the people of tamil nadu, a southern state of india. The 2 photos in black and white display the intermediate phases during the kolam style. New year rangoli, pongal kolam, christmas rangoli kolam. Kolam competitions are held, and kolam patterns distributed in small booklets. I collected numerous books on dotted kolams and rangoli designs. Pongal colour kolam differently done with sikku kolam with three dots all sides end with three dots. Simple pongal paanai kolam with dots sankranthi rangoli. Here we are sharing with you some of the most beautiful kolam rangoli designs for pongal. A traditional simple kolam is drawn daily in most houses in south india and then there are special kolams drawn during pujas, rituals and festivals like pongal, tamil new year, vaikunta ekadasi, makar sankranti etc. All the content including hand image published on this channel is our own creative work.
Pongal, a dish is prepared using the first yield rice of the harvest, jaggery and milk. Sikku knot or twisted kolam in front of a house in tamil nadu during housewarming. The kolam basically consists of dots and lines that together form a meaningful design. The third day is mattu pongal which is the festival of cattle. Astronomically the festival marks commencement of the sixmonth journey of the sun towards north or uttarayana. It falls on 15th of january every year which is also known with the name makar sankranti in northern india. Even though the meaning of kolam in tami is rangoli itself, the kolam and rangoli in north india is differs from the theme and design. This is a beautiful kolam or a design called as the traditional neli kolam, based on 1172 times31 parallel dots meaning ner pulli in tamil. Pongal is a four day harvest festival celebrated in tamil nadu. Pongal is a fourdaylong harvest festival celebrated in tamil nadu, which falls in the month of thai that is, the januaryfebruary season when crops like rice, sugarcane, turmeric etc. Kolams drawn during pongal is based on the symbols of the festival like pongal pot, sugarcane, cow.
One of the popular custom related to pongal is decorating the front of the house with beautiful kolam decorations. This primary purpose is not only decoration but also it brings good luck to the happy house. Rangoli designs are created on floor in front of the house and in places of worship. Kolams, known as rangoli in north india, signify luck, hope and prosperity. In past days, pongal kolams rangoli designs were attracted coarse rice flour, so the ants would not need to walk too far or too ache for a feast. Pongal festival is one of the biggest festivals celebrated in tamil nadu which is at the southern part of the country. The kolam has a number of petals scattered and each connected with each other through a line. The first day of the thai month of tamil calendar is celebrated as the second day of the festival and is referred as thai pongal or pongal, and is the most important day. Kolam is the variation of rangoli in south indian states tamil nadu, karnataka and andra pradesh.
Pongal, turmeric, sugar cane kolam 158 interlaced dots, idukku pulliclick to enlarge thai pongal festival 2016 kolam 1444 parallel dotsclick to enlarge pongal makar sankranti festival kolam 2111 interlaced dotsclick to enlarge. It is one of the most important festivals celebrated in tamil nadu, pondicherry, sri lanka, as well as tamils worldwide, including those in malaysia, mauritius, south africa, united states, singapore, canada and uk. Kolam contest enters asia book of records the hindu. Vishnupriya, a secondyear student who drew a 16dot pongal kolam, said that she is used to drawing rangolis but not dotted kolams. Kolam designs, pulli kolam collections, kolam with dots, muggulu designs. Jan 08, 2017 beautiful sankranti and pongal kolam designs.
Blog, essays and paragraphs on june 28, 2019 by various contributors. Hence it has six corners, and has a flower drawn at each corner linked with each other. Diwali rangoli is prepared to welcome mata lakshmi in most homes on diwali. Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour, chalk, chalk powder or rock powder. To the village people cow, the giver of milk and the bull, which draws the plough in the fields, are very valuable and therefore the farmers honor their dumb friends by celebrating it as a day of thanks giving to them. Sankranti rangoli designs, pongal kolam, simple rangoli.
Put dots then interlaced dots idukku pulli stop at 7 dots. Best collections of rangoli kolam designs with dots step. Jan 11, 2015 pongal paanai kolam is very popular for the pongal festival. Kolam is draw at pongal festival by thayumanasamysomasundaram special to the chronicle february 10, 2010 characters left special to the chronicle the initial kolam design is laid out. She creates the rangoli on the floor to establish the sacred space. It has certain fascinating mathematical properties, as well as a sacred cosmology associated with its construction. Colorful rangoli are also drawn but the beauty of kolam rangoli designs for pongal is unmatchable. Flower wedding rangolis have gained much popularity this wedding season. Kolams drawn during pongal is based on the symbols of the festival like pongal pot, sugarcane, cow, ox. This overflowing of rice is a joyous occasion, and the children and adults as well will shout out pongalopongal. Rangoli is an art form from india in which patterns are created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals. Kolam computing and cosmology within indian art indic.
The decoration of pongal kolam rangoli designs is not the main purpose of a pongal kolam. Hey friends, for pongal special, i have tried to do a rangoli. In short, the tamil kolam is an active and evolving cultural form of uniquely systematic detail and complexity. Pongal, turmeric, sugar cane kolam 158 interlaced dots, idukku pulliclick to enlarge thai pongal festival 2016 kolam1444 parallel dotsclick to enlarge pongal makar sankranti festival kolam 2111 interlaced dotsclick to enlarge. Some forms of rangoli are created with rice flour, rice paste, or the water left from boiling rice. Special to the chronicle riceflour kolam being drawn on the threshold of the house. On the day of pongal, family members jointly draw the kolam with rice flour that can be plain as well as colored.
The book discusses all aspects of the festival, giving information to young readers about the festival whose history can be traced back to thousands of years ago and which. It symbolizes beauty and provides a welcoming environment. Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour, chalk, chalk powder or rock powder, often using naturally or synthetically colored powders, in sri lanka, the indian states of tamil nadu, karnataka, telangana, andhra pradesh, kerala and some parts of goa, maharashtra as well as indonesia, malaysia, thailand and a few other asian. The second day is pongal, day for sun, the energy provider to the universe.
Romantic novels to readromance novelsfree pdf booksfree. Pongal is an harvest festival of tamil and telugu state also know as makar or lohri. New year rangoli, pongal kolam, christmas rangoli kolam by. It will be celebrated in every year in january month. Rangoli designs 2020 for gudi padwa are about incorporating flowers in them. The kolam is a traditional handdrawn art form in tamil nadu and south india comprised of many subfamilies. A kolam can be a plain one or can be artistically drawn with symbols of cosmic interest. This page provides rangoli designs and patterns for hindu festival sankranti also known as pongal in tamil nadu.
The dot pattern is 8 to 3 idukku pulli or in between dots. Pongal kolam designs and sankranti rangoli patterns. Different types of kolams drawn for special occasions speak volumes. It is also known as makar sankranti, lohri, baisakhi and bihu in other parts of india. Pongal pot kolam with 15x3 dots bhogi kundalu sankranthi. Majority of the kolams are from 2009 and some of them are a bit older. Pongal kolam designs sankranti kolam designs rangoli. Pongal is the sole hindu festival that follows a solar calendar. The term pongal in tamil means to boil, and this festival is celebrated as a thanksgiving ceremony for the years harvest. Pongal is all about big rangoli or kolam with dots. Apart from drawing these kolams rangolis on their door step, consume sugar cane, prepare sweetened rice, milk and jaggery in new earthen pots and. Peacock kolam 25 rose kolam29 star kolam 35 birds kolam46 sangushell kolam28 flower kolam 183. The attukal pongala has been recognized by the guinness book of world.
Special to the chronicle traditional sweet rice pongal is being prepared. Some people differently looking for rangoli kolam book pdf to take printout and draw rangoli kolam on the floor while reference, these collections for rangoli kolam book pdf will help you color your homes. Rangoli designs in north india is colorful art for diwali to make it more colorful where as rangoli in. Kolam patterns are most commonly drawn with chalk or rice powder by women on the. The basic idea of rangoli is creative design that filled with rich colors. Kolams helps the women here to express their creativity and helps them to get a release for their hidden artistic nature. Lord ganesha, the lord of prosperity and luck may bless you. If you absorb the color combination of butterfly, bees, peacock you wonder the nature.
Kolam is a form of rangoli, a popular folk art made in homes during auspicious occasions across india. May 21, 2009 i and my daughter drew and colored this kolam for pongal today, reminiscing my childhood pongal days. Here are few photos of simple and not so simple pongal kolams you can use them as an inspiration to draw your kolam for pongal 2010 or take ideas and create a fresh kolam. Majority of the kolams are from 2009 and some of them are a. In the evening, she brings the deities their evening meal, lights the lamp and incense, and blows the conch shell, and the rangoli is swept away mazumdar and mazumdar, 1999. During pongal, an important aspect of the celebrations and festivities is the making of kolams in front of the main door of the house, the courtyard andor the altar. The pictures will give the step by step procedure for drawing the rangoli. Kolam is generally considered as a welcome sign for gods.
Oct 26, 2010 kolam also known as rangoli, is a dainty floor painting, which is an integral part of south indian tradition. Pongal also known as thai pongal is a thanksgiving harvest festival celebrated at the end harvest season by the tamilians in the indian state of tamil nadu, the indian union territory of pondicherry and sri lanka thai pongal is a four day festival celebrated every year from to 16 january. Nadu and tamil women in sri lanka create patterns known as kolams in front of their houses. Almost all rangolis in the previous post margazhi kolam collection demand a lot of filling up to be done with rangoli powder of various colours. So in this post,i have shared my wifes method of doing lakshmi pooja on friday. Nov 02, 2017 thai pongal is a four day festival celebrated every year from to 16 january.
The pongal kolam designs scream celebrations and they are colourful and often decorated with flowers and diyas. Thanks for the step by step guide, it makes it very easy to follow. Pongal kolam pictures simple kolam designs and ideas for. During every festival, govindarajan is sought by his family to make a big kolam. Put 33 dots then put dots by leaving 1 dot at both ends, stop at 11 dots. People make rice pot, sugarcane, coconut, banana, sun, and cow in their pongal kolam designs.
This idea is from 2017, i could not upload the video in time for the festival. Rangoli kolam designs images pongal kolam rangoli designs. Parallel straight lines can be drawn using a cylindrical rod ulakai as a guide. Rangoli is an art form practiced in the indian subcontinent as a daily ritual. Rangolis by ikolam member geetha rameshkumar beautiful rangoli designs, floor art, beach mat. It is a beautiful and perhaps the only one art, drawn every day by women in the households. The pot in which the pongal is cooked is decorated with flowers, sugarcane pieces, turmeric plant. These kolam designs are creativity of popular rangoli artist. The tradition of making diwali rangoli in any shubh work or any festival is quite old. While the kolam is drawn throughout the year in most homes in south india, it is especially significant during pongal. Image result for kolam book rangoli designs with dots.
Trickling white powder between their fingers, they make a grid of. The harvest festival of south india by lakshmi narayani throws light on the pongal festival, known as a harvest festival, celebrated by people in the southern part of india who speak the tamil language. This is the collection of best handpicked rangoli over 5 years. So all hindu in tamilnadu will make kolam and doing prayers for pongal.
So a simple rangoli design with pongal pot and sugar cane. In the villages, people gather in the courtyard and prepare the pongal in the open. Hence for a change, the rangoli below simple with very few colours, a simple rangoli or rangoli border for new year 20. Pongal kolam symbolizes luck, peace, hope and prosperity. Pongal rangoli kolam images sans dots kolam by sudha balaji. Kolam also known as rangoli, is a dainty floor painting, which is an integral part of south indian tradition. Mar 27, 2016 the kolam structure naturally lends itself to a rich artistic expression. Make these inspiring pongal kolam in your house this festive season.
Tamil people are religious and they make kolam for pongal. The pongal pot overflowing with pongal cooked with newly harvested rice, sugar cane and the sun are synonymous with pongal or sankranti festival. The third day for the cattle which helped in cultivation and the last day is celebrated by visiting relatives. Discover some of the most pretty pongal kolam designs and sankranti rangoli patterns in here. The most striking thing of the pongal celebration is the pongal kolam making and pongal kolam competitions held in different parts of the state. Dec 28, 20 the second day is pongal, day for sun, the energy provider to the universe. A tamil television program of the name kolam features a female protagonist. Pongal kolam designs pongal rangoli kolam sankranti.
It is traditionally an occasion for decorating ricepowder based kolam. Of course this may not be possible in many homes in cities given the fact that flats are more than individual houses. Jan 08, 2016 make these inspiring pongal kolam in your house this festive season. See more ideas about rangoli designs, kolam rangoli and kolam designs. Jan 20, 20 on the mattu pongal cattle pongal day all the cattles will be fed with normal lunch with rice and payasam. The base structure of this leaf and flower kolam is a hexagon. Kolam designs provides you beautiful kolam,rangolis,muggulu,dot kolams,pulli kolams,flower.
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