mOhanaji, I think you have put some dot like thing in the centre design to give the effect of the lines running over the other, without making a cross square there!
Ofcourse the 3D effect of the Shanku and flowers also add up to it.
JKM lovely colour combination and the shanku is the highlight..
Rajamma I think the vertical lines are overlapping the horizontal lines hence it looks like dots behind - if the gap between the lines were bigger then there would have been squares instead...
I'll also join the bandwagon and give out my answer (I know it is not going to be correct though).
I see that the pattern is starting to resemble a hridayakamalam.
The shankas look like small Ganeshas, with two dots for the eyes, is that the special feature?
Reminds me of the story of "the blind men and the elephant"!
I couldn't phone a friend, no lifeline. But, given the clue, here is my final answer; Sudarshana Chakra. :)
I can't wait for the others to give it a shot later one. :)
No it is not gadA, lakshmIjI. The feature I am referring to is made up of four parts, one of which is the Sankha. You have to find out the other three present in the rangOli to get the desired characteristic. This feature is also repeated more than once. Time to go to bed, it is nearing 11:30. I'll give the answer tomorrow.
Regards! - mOhana
mOhanaji Excellent kolam looks divine... i have been asking many time.. why padikolam is called padikolam ?? the color kolam is on the way... by the way the nelson mandela black and white kolam was so meaningful,didnt properly look it during my vacation time... i was searching in your gallery could not find it...
Lata mam,
I could see kolam are nowadays not going to the gallery, any specific reason... i cant find kolams in members gallery which are placed in recent kolams... in my gallery too cant find some of my latest kolams which were uploaded
Thanks gaurIjI! Some of my "topical" rangOlis may be found in my blog. The blog reflects some of my very personal views on various aspects of kOlam.
Regards! - mOhana
The smaller and bigger white arcs together look like the number three (or dEvanAgari u). Together with the Sankha and the lamp, they form the OM symbol. Initially, I had the direction of the sankha reversed. When I saw the emergence of the OM pattern, I had it to the present form so that the upper contour of the Sankha resembles more to the OM contour. It would have been more obvious if I had lowered the lamp a bit. That I thought would destroy the symmetry. Now the question is - is this how this symbol came into existence? That is a wild shot :-) latAjI, I hinted the solution further to you by uploading an OM rangOli!
Regards! - mOhana
mOhanaji,I wrote OM in the papaer in sanskrit and was not able to see the round coming inside that, moreover the yellow flower was standing out. so left my guessing thereitself.
Anyhow, I accept that it was not easy to visualise that as OM at one shot.
Oh Wow, JKMji... Your work is awesome.... A mindblowing padikolam given out in your Unique Style.... So Pure & Divine with so many thoughts to feed our soul.... Thank You so much, Sir...
I couldn't have guessed this one even if I had taken a look at the om rangoli mOhanaji,
you see it wouldn't have been fair to everybody :)
Thank you for the food for thought!
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