Ugadhi Kolam

Wish you all a very happy Ugadhi :)

Pongal Kolam

Wish you all a very happy Pongal :)

Kaarthigai Rangoli

Wish you all a happy Kaarthigai Deepam :)

This is my rangoli for the festival. I tried my hands on colors this time :) Took almost an hour to complete it :)

The technique of this rangoli is to first sieve the colors in concentric circles using a tea strainer and then going ahead with the design using white kolam powder :)

Simple isn't it!!! :)

Pongalo Pongal - Thai Thirunal Celebration! :)

Wish you all a very happy Pongal!!!! :)

Thai Thirunal Valzhtukkal!!


Miniature of traditional pongal setting that I did

Pongal is a very traditional and interesting festival that we love to celebrate. This year, just as ever we had a lot of fun.

The extra fun that I had this year was to decorate a miniature mockup of the ethnic pongal celebration. :) hey of course the pongal in it is true and edible. :)

The pic above is a set of small earthen pots that I got from Valluvar kotam. I pained it to make it look more special and ethnic. :) Loved making the sand base and miniature kolam too. :)

The entire scene setting is just within half feet measure. :)

It was hard to balance the sugarcanes that way. But I loved this pic :)

And yeah.. Kolam is one other thing that becomes mandatory for any traditional celebration. :)

Here is my first try on color kolam. I enjoyed doing it though it was a little time consuming. :) Yet to master the tricks of using color in kolam. :)

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!!! :) :) :)

Karthikai Kolam

Wish you all a very happy Karthikai Deepam :)

Karthigai is essentially a festival of lamps. The lighted lamp is considered an auspicious symbol. You would surely see a long of cute lamps arranged in various styles in every house. :)

This year, as ever I made a nice big Kolam in the entrance and decorated it with lots of velaku. :)

Kolam with lamps

A row of lamps

Fresh On Floor :)

I just love the art of kolam and here are few that I did recently.

This one was done on Vinayagar Chathurthi day to decorate the entrance.

I guess I was too happy on that day :):)

This one was for Naga chathurthi celebration. Notice the corners with the snake look.

One more line art kolam :)

Bunch of flowers

A welcome bouquet

Special Occations Kolam

I have a lot of passion for drawing and so for kolam too.

I always feel nothing should limit out creativity, and the same implies for kolam for me. I generally don't prefer to draw between dots. Free hand is my style. :)

Here are few outcomes of my passion. :)

New year kolam.




This is one of my most naughtiest ones. ;)




As I am a Telugu girl, this occasion is a special one for me.




A rainy day at Chennai. :) Hey that is definitely a special occasion for us. :)



Thai thirunal special one :)



What is next??? Maatu pongal special :)




Onam special :)



A very leisure day at home :)




Kaarthigai special Velaku kolam :)



Isn't this a special occasion?!.. YES it is.. Jai Ho ARR!



Independence day special :)




I respect friendship. :)




Diwali is the most enjoyable festival. A special one for that day :)



I love Chennai.. :) (August 22nd)

Peacock Series

Peacocks are one best species that suits Kolam a lot. They are my favorite bird in all sense. Here are few of my innovation of this beautiful bird. :) I used to organize kolams as weeks. Most of it here are from my peacock series week.

Larger version of a peacock done for my Uncle's 60th Birthday function




I incorporate a lot of mehandi designs in my kolam.







This is my all time favorite version of a peacock. :)











Mehandi peacock on my kolam.







One of my favorites :)



















A simple peacock