My karthigai deepam Vilakku kolam 2018

    Karthigai deepam is one of my favourite festival which is celebrated during the months of November and December. As Diwali in the north, it is the festival of lights on Tamilnadu. We light lots of clay diya's in the entrance of the house as the sign of welcoming the winter season. Karthigai deepam also has a lot of devotional stories that involve the birth of Lord Murugan. 

    It is also said that there is a story with Lord shiva. Thereby This makes Annamalaiyar deepam important in Thiruvannamalai. Mostly The deepam is lit in all the sacred mountains in each and every place. In Madurai popular deepam involves Thiruparankundram Murugan temple and Alagar kovil temple.

As mentioned earlier during this time people draw vilakku kolam in their entrance and decorate it with clay diya's. I have drawn this vilakku kolam design in my entrance by giving bright colors to it. Since my place was an apartment I was able to only a small rangoli design.

I have placed Clay diya's to decorate the entrance. Some people use ceramic diya's but I prefer only Clay Diyas. It is also a tradition in most of the families that they keep the Brass Diya (Kuthu vilakku) at the center.  This one I made for the year 2018.

 

Simple Padi kolam

A simple padi kolam drawn using 2 lines. This is very much good for Fridays and Tuesdays. Since it is very simple it can be drawn easily by beginners too. For step by step, you can watch my youtube video given in the below link. I will also say that this is my top viewed rangoli on my channel. It has also crossed more than half a million views and yet the count goes on. 

Youtube link for the above rangoli 

Padi kolam

 

Flower kolam

 

Margali kolam

 

Daily Kolam

Simple rangoli design for daily use. I have drawn this free hand and added vilakku to them.

 

Friday Star kolam

Friday Star kolam is especially preferred on Fridays to make the entrance auspicious.

 

Daily kolam design

Simple daily kolam design using 5x3 interlaced dots. Then I have drawn the flower design using freehand. This is a very simple daily kolam design.

 

Rangoli kolam/பூ கோலம்

This rangoli design is drawn with 5x3 interlaced dots in the middle and I have developed the designs further. This can be filled with colors to give a beautiful look. This can be drawn during Margali month or during Pongal or any festival season.

 

Flower kolam/poo kolam/ பூ கோலம்

Attractive rangoli design using flower design. The flower in the middle is drawn using 5x3 dots. then I have developed the design. This rangoli can be filled with beautiful colors too. Which can be drawn in the entrance for Margali or Pongal time. 

 

Lotus rangoli kolam

 

Simple beautiful rangoli kolam using lotus which makes this kolam more suitable for Saturdays since Goddess Mahalakshmi's favorite is the lotus. So most of the time Lotus is preferred to be drawn on Saturdays. I have also used Kavi ( red brick powder) for coloring which makes the look of the kolam better. 

Simple Daily Rangoli kolam

Very simple Daily kolam is even easy for beginners. This kolam uses a triangle as a base. Triangle is used from the early days of rangoli yet it is represented using different forms. Many creative rangoli has been created using triangles. You can find the triangle rangoli in the Triangle Rangoli Label section.

 

Star Rangoli Kolam

The simple star kolam design is drawn using 5x3 interlaced dots. The star is the most used rangoli design. there are many creative ways to us the star in the rangoli. One such design is above one. 
 

Vilakku Kolam

 Karthigai vilakku kolam design.  The step by step procedure for drawing this rangoli design is given below.

The first step is to draw the circle. To make a perfect circle I have used a round stencil to make a perfect one. The circle can also be made using dots.

The next step is given below

The final Kolam design is