3x3 chikku kOlam

This one forms a part of a series of rangOli with strings that I am trying to do. The first one I did may be found here - http://ikolam.com/node/4719?p=1930 These are important to understand the nature of knots. The above are unique because only one string was used in executing them. As I mentioned earlier, these have important characteristics. Lines have no dimension or zero dimension whereas strings have thickness. So in these rangOlis, only rotation symmetry exists, no mirror symmetries. These have handedness too. They are again of two types - If you look carefully, in both the rangOlis, the top and bottom parts of the strings can be interchanged and a new rangOli can be strung without changing the look of the pattern. We can also string rangOlis which are vertical mirror images of the above. For the left one, we will get a new rangOli with the svAstika pattern with "s" being in the clockwise direction (in the above it is anti-clockwise). By the way, there are clocks that run anticlockwise. There are some synagogues with clocks like this in Czech republic and Poland. We have one on Hollywood Blvd in LA (Have you seen it latAjI?). Such a mirror reflection will not alter the nature of the pattern on the right side. Since it was the birthday of a child, I thought I'll upload it. There is no significance other than it for "s". It is also important to note that these basic patterns can be strung together to form bigger kOlams. Regards! - mOhana