Kolam Contest

Kolam is my favorite art as you all know. :) But I have never been to a contest of this kind before.

Few days back, when I was gazing at the local news paper I found a column reading as

"Kolam Contest"
Lions club and Exnora sports club conducts a mega kolam contest at 10 Am on 3rd January, at Kasi Vishwanathar Temple, West Mambalam.

I was kind of tempted to participate but was equally scared too. Was wondering if I can really make a competitive one and make it finally. But I always had the courage to give it a try. So registered for it and my mom was a constant support for me always. She encouraged me so much and gave me ideas too.

The competition started at 10am and the given duration was 1 1/2 hours. They had allowed every participant to bring along a helper who can help them to complete the kolam.

But since I put in my own creativity in my kolam, I did not take my mom's help rather she participated as a contestant opposing me too :) That added little more josh and made it more interesting for me to do a better job than mom. :) :) :)

So now here it is...... This is the kolam that I did for the contest. Its absolutely an abstract well designed free hand kolam. :)

Contestant no.28 - Nithya's Kolam :)



A side view :)

Mom did a great job too. I loved this peacock kolam of her's and she was flawless in her attempt at the contest too.

Mom's peacock kolam :)

There were around 43 contestants and all of them did a great job. Infact most of them used colors and made it really attractive. :)

here is a long preview of the other entries for the contest.

Loads of hard work and group effort went on for an hour and a half.

Flowers, birds, symbols and so on....

Dark colors, light colors, jatang colors, dull colors and so on :)

Loads of people visited the show and enjoyed the tradition of Kolam :)

This was the practice session that I had attempted the day before the contest to check out my speed. :) I completed this one in 20 mins :)

Practice Kolam at home

And of course my hard work dint go waste.. I WON the contest too :) :) :)

All Smiles!!! :) :) :)