-- By Arulnambi K.
My mother liked drawing kolams (Tamil: கோலங்கள்), especially in her younger years. This was one of the few ways she indulged her artistic drawing skills. I remember one Pongal in Tirupur at my grandparents' home, when she covered a pretty large area with her kolams, drawn beautifully with rice flour on the ground all around the house. If only there was easy access to a camera in those days, we could have captured that sight and preserved it like we can do now.
To find out what a kolam is (if you don't know) and to view the first batch of scans of my mother's kolam collection, visit the new Kolams page.
View Kolams
My mother liked drawing kolams (Tamil: கோலங்கள்), especially in her younger years. This was one of the few ways she indulged her artistic drawing skills. I remember one Pongal in Tirupur at my grandparents' home, when she covered a pretty large area with her kolams, drawn beautifully with rice flour on the ground all around the house. If only there was easy access to a camera in those days, we could have captured that sight and preserved it like we can do now.
To find out what a kolam is (if you don't know) and to view the first batch of scans of my mother's kolam collection, visit the new Kolams page.
View Kolams
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