Kolam designer on the web is created as a way to revisit tradition and help kolam or rangoli lovers to get designs.
Kolam design of Tamilnadu is a design drawn on floor or ground with rice flour or kolam powder. Traditionally done with rice flour. So as to feed insects like ants. We have to appreciate the thoughtful nature of our ancestors. Before drawing the design on the ground, it is prepared with diluted cow dung. Cow dung is antiseptic and provides protection to our home. It is usually drawn in front of the house.
Its a very nice way to decorate ones home. Every morning a new design is drawn. The colors are new addition to the tradition. These are pigments mixed with kolam powder. It enriches the design.
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Now a days with our mechanical life we have changed the meaning of kolam alot. It is drawn with chemical powders or made into stickers. The art of kolam is dying. This not just a simple design. It is a puzzle which triggers the problem solving part of our brain. This helped the common Indian woman in solving their problems in life and know how to be calm in a storm. First the dot is placed in a formation and than is solved to create a design.
Daily bending to draw this design helps strengthen the back bone of the person. The designs are mostly geometric or used different types of lines. These are drawn in different patterns in front of house. It can be drawn in sets or a enormous single design. It can be divided into many category based on motifs and occasion in which it is drawn.
These categories are: Animal kolam, Apartment kolam, Baisakhi kolam, Bird kolam, Butterfly kolam, Candle kolam, Chariot kolam, Christmas kolam, Deepam kolam, Deer kolam, Diwali kolam, Dots kolam, Dove kolam, Duck kolam, Festival Kolam, Fish kolam, Flower kolam, Ganesh chaturthi, Independence day kolam, Janmashtami, Kambi kolam, Karthigai deepam kolam, Krishna jayanthi, Kumbam kolam, Lamp kolam, Lotus kolam, New year kolam, Other kolams, Parrot kolam, Peacock kolam, Pongal kolam, Pulli kolam, Rangoli, Replublic day kolam, Sankranti rangoli, Shell kolam, Ship kolam, Sikku kolam, Simple kolam, Star kolam, Thulasi kolam.
Do check out all the categories. Like and share. Encourage people to come up and support this traditional art. It should not go extinct with our generation.