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I'm holding a 'Kolam Exhibition' and also some classes @ Sobha Opal, Bangalore, for the residents there. Here's the schedule:Venue: “Sobha Opal Club House”Date: Oct 17th and Oct 18thClass Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 amKolam Exhibition: 11:30am – 1:00 pm, 4:00pm – 6:00 pmLook forward to a post on how it went :-)

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A full-scale 'festival' kolam that looks good in big halls and in front of puja rooms! 

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Another 'border' design - simple and grand 

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A 'border' design 

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Some border and corner designs 

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One of my kolams 

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Here are some sites I found while looking for Kolams. 1. Lakshmi Sarathy has put some good pages in SysIndia. There's a detailed description about what is Kolam and what does it signify. Check out one of Lakshmi Sarathy's Galleries. 2. Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies (IITS), University of Cologne has a page on 'Kolam'. There's a useful link 'Kolams of M. Gandhimati' that, though written

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I've scanned some of my kolams scanned and wanted to host them in this blog. Unfortunately, all the picture hosting services seem to start charging after some point of time. So, I'm still looking for a free picture-hosting service from which I can link up these images to the blog. Blogger suggests 'Flickr' but it seems to take eternity to load. Anyone aware of free hosting for pictures online

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Kolam is basically drawn by joining dots or lines according to ones's imaginations. It is the traditional form of art, of India, especially down south, drawn on floor, every day in front of the house, or on special occassions such as birth day celebratons, wedding, house warming cerimonies etc. We use powders, chalk, soft rock powder and color dyes. Drawing kolam requires, besides

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Hi! I am Kaveri Ranganathan and this is my first blog. I am very passionate about drawing kolams. Since my school days, I've been drawing various types of kolams and have participated in many activities related to kolams, rangolis, design etc. I will use this blog to discuss ways of learning kolams, views on design, showcase some of my works and for similar useful purposes. I also intend

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