Sikku kolam/interlaced kolam

Kolam notebooks

Kamalavathy Kannan has designed two notebooks for you; one with idukku pulli, or dots are aligned in staggered rows and another one with ner pulli or dots lined up in neat rows.

Snake worship

Celebrating Nâga Panchami

The festival of Nâga Panchami is celebrated during the Tamil month of Aadi (mid-July, mid-August) in most parts of South India. It is also known as Garuda Panchami, as on the first day, Garuda (an eagle) and the vehicle of God Vishnu, is worshipped along with the serpent-gods.

Shivaratri festival

Shivaratri, the night of Shiva — part 2

In his most subtle form, he is equal to the undifferentiated Absolute, and when he voluntarily creates, it is together with Shakti, his equally powerful feminine counterpart. In a cosmic dimension, Shiva the Absolute, takes the form of a phallic-shaped lingam.

Kolam riddles

Kolam and riddles

Dieter B. Kapp has compiled a list of metaphors relating to the kolam in the form of riddles, sayings and proverbs. Published in the form of a series of booklets, they explore all aspects of Tamil culture, and include a variety of images depicting these ephemeral drawings.

Kolam/Tamil Nadu

Sikku kolam or interlaced kolam

Kolam made by a single continuous line or several lines running around dots are called sikku kolam and exist to my knowledge only in Tamil-Nadu. They distinguish themselves from other kolam by their entangled lines.