Drawing patterns on the floor by holding a pinch of kolam powder between your thumb and pointer finger has become a dying art, and the elderly women who are expert in the art, are high in demand ...

Kolam patterns are an integral part of harvest festivals in India, particularly in Tamil Nadu. These intricate designs are drawn on the ground using rice flour a ...

Pulli, padi, chikku. Dots, lines, curves. Occasionally, a full-fledged peacock etched freehand. Kolams are a part and parcel of everyday life. But they have also come up frequently during historian ...

I grew up watching my grandmother ritualistically draw a different kolam every morning. My mother, after her, had notebooks filled with patterns and designs, collected and curated over the years.

Kolam is where art intersects with mathematical precision. The geometric patterns serve not only a devotional purpose but also act as a form of therapeutic activity for those who still indulge in the ...

CHENNAI: From kottu kolam to katta kolam and suzhi kolam, Leela Venkatraman tries to master almost all the challenging variations of kolam. She spends more than an hour every day, innovating kolams ...

Kolam, a traditional Indian art form of drawing geometric patterns on the floors as a sign of welcome, was part of the virtual kick-off ceremony of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and ...

The art and science of kolam keep youngsters busy in the lockdown period, while kolam enthusiasts like Thilagalakshmi Sridharan is using it to spread awareness on the importance of washing hands and ...

This Margazhi morning sent me into a state of nostalgia as I drew a simple ezhai kolam in my apartment corridor. It brought back all those fond times and tiny tales told to me by family elders during ...

Outside her house in south India, Maria Victor embarks on a decades-old morning ritual that has turned into a key planning tool for impoverished women running small enterprises. Before her family ...