this is lovely maha...looks like alpona design...
very pretty.
Looks like a painting.
really a good work
viji
thanks ....and yes ma'am the design is alpona.
Superb.... kolam ,very neat also
Very neat and beautiful....
superb and really very very beautiful, the design is excellent and marvellous.and also neatly executed.
Maha, very beautiful kolam, very neat drawing, the kolam merges very well with the mosaic floor.Can you give more detail about this Alpona" work?
rajamma
Beautiful. What is "Alpona"?
very nice kolam.please send many kolam
Absolutely stunning :)
Superb kolam, mahalakshmi. very neatly executed and good design too. the lines are very thin and even. How did you draw this. with the help of a brush?????????
What is this 'alpona' you all keep talking about? Let us laymen know please.
About the kolam itself, it's fantastic. As if you had measured out and marked the various spots. Wonderful strokes.
very very neat and beautifully done, but how did u get the lines so thin......
This is very gorgeously done!!
simply superb.very neat and beautiful.
simply superb.very neat and beautiful.
It was really nice looks like line drawing,how thin strokes,very nice.
Very Neat and fine strokes. More impressive if on a dark background.. Guess, have you done with a brush?
beautifully drawn looks like a table cloth.keep it up.
V very nice one & neat work.
Vasantha
beautiful alpona design kolam. Very beautiful.
Hello Everyone!
thanks for the response!
"Rangoli" is derived from "ranga-valli" meaning colourful creeper. The art of drawing on the floor is called by various names in different parts of India. In Tamil Nadu and Kerala its called Kolam, in Andhra its called Muggu, In Bihar its called Aripana, in Rajasthan its Mandana. Similarly in Bengal its ALPONA. The designs in each state is unique and different.
Please mail me at mahallakshmi@gmail.com for further discussion. Since there is no written material available on the 'History of Indian Rangoli', I was very interested and researched about it. I have done a dissertation on the same topic for my Degree program. There are many things I'm yet to discover about this curious art form.
Cheers!
Mahallakshmi Arun
lovely and attractive design.
Wow Maha maam this is just a superb one... beautiful thin lines in maavu and symmetry so well maintained... lovely kolam... looking forward to more from u
Hi again!....I drew it in the traditional method of soaking a cotton rag in the rice paste, and squeezing it in my palm, so as to let the fluid run down my fingers to draw the design.
Mahallakshmi Arun
very beautiful traditional makolam for the festival season.perfectly executed design
Nice to know that you have done dissertatoin in your degree. Very neatly drawn thin strokes in wet maakolam. Wonderful creation, Maha:)