Five incomplete rectangles were chosen as the basic motif for all these patterns.
Regards! - mOhana
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Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
- Rectangular Waves
- African Daisies
- Idealisation of a temple
- chikku kOlam - 6
- Caption this - Guess what it is!
- Hexagonal "yantras"
- chikku kOlam - 6 - ikOlam logo
- Happy Birthday!
Arrangement with African Daisies. The ones I used here are quite rare and are
white or pink with conical shaped petals. Enjoy! - mOhana
This is the idealisation of a famous temple in southern India.
Of course, it is very easy to guess!
Regards! - mOhana
Even though this is not a paDi kOlam, in its spirit it is something like that. This has been modeled on an existing structure. Your job is to find it out. Later, I will add a photo of the existing structure.
Regards! - mOhana
When I read the comment of gauriji and looked at latAji's drawing
http://www.ikolam.com/node/249?p=668
it occurred to me that I must study the building of this carefully and the result is
this rangOli. I have given six drawings here. They have one, two, three, four
(at the top), five and six dots (bottom pictures) at the edges. The number of
independent lines is equal to the number of dots for even number of dots and equal to
the number of dots plus one for odd number of dots. Two colours for the first two,
four for the second two and six for the bottom pictures. I used different colours
to distinguish these. You may also note that three rows at 120 degrees have
missing lines in the centre. Now you know how to draw these for any number of
dots. You can put any magic charm in the centre and earn puNya and wealth 
None for this pApi 
(The purple and blue don't show that well in the bottom picture. The purple is
thinner than the blue and connect the top dots.)
Regards! - mOhana
I am enclosing a string rangOli which happens to be the animated logo
on the front page of the ikOlam site. Regards! - mOhana
