Traditional padikolam

jayamohan
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sreegiri
very nice kanya kolam. rombavum kashtepettu pottiruka.
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 10:29 Permalink
Naviprem
Wow, its massive! Whenever I see such huge kolams, I wonder how they are able to maintain the symmetry... sometimes even with dotted kolams I am not able to get perfect symmetry. It either gets elongated, or it gets broader on one side and narrower on the other... Could experts share their secrets of drawing symmetric kolams? Please!
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 20:02 Permalink
nithyaashok
Excellent kolam, thank you very much for sharing this, great symmetry!
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 20:47 Permalink
jayamohan
Naviprem, secret of symmetry is sheer experience!
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 20:59 Permalink
rajamma_2

Jaya, beautiful ezhikolam. Sreegiri, Jayalakshmi. C is very good in drawing ezhai kolam and she is very fast too. Navipremji, reg symmetry, if you keep dots in the beginning with equal distance on all sides and then draw the designs on that then it is easy to get symmetry. If u can come for the B'lore meet we can show demonstration. rajamma
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 21:21 Permalink
Naviprem
Jaya Mohan mam, i completely agree, when it comes to art of any form, experience counts a lot. Rajamma, I would love to come to Bangalore, but i will wait for a Chennai meet, for logistic reasons... - Naveena.
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 21:31 Permalink
judelined
I missed meeting Jaya at Navin's son's wedding - so sad... This is an extremely beautiful and elaborate padikolam - I just love it. Naveena symmetry comes with experience for sure as Jaya said but again as Rajamma said you have to learn how to put dots with equal distance. First you can start putting dots for small kolams and practice, once you master the art of putting dots with equal distance then you can easily do larger kolams too. I must quote the example of how Pushpa mastered the art of maakolams - Rajamma remember?? She never knew how to put wet maakolams and one day she decided to learn - just go to her gallery (http://ikolam.com/node/3147) and see her learning process now she has become a master in it. Apart from practice and experience you also need a drive to learn - so start immediately and I am sure one day you too will proudly display your symmetric kolams in this very same website :)
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 22:33 Permalink
chandy
I love kanya kolam that too especially maa kolam. They enhance a traditional function
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 23:31 Permalink
alameluranganath
dear mam i have put a lot of maa kolams and updated in this site. but this much big i haven't put this much big one. i have put for one marriage and the other day krishnan uncle's birthday. very nice mam. i will try next time to put this one.
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 01:04 Permalink
Padma Prakash
Wow!!!! its great jaya mohan. Thank you for the effort and pain taken to draw such a nice one and sharing this with us.
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 01:06 Permalink
kathriaki70
I very much like these ezhaikolam done with wet maavu. Very magnificent!!
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 06:52 Permalink
Lata
I'm speechless! Very even and beautiful. You ladies do magic with your fingers. :)
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 17:25 Permalink
anirudh
wonderful, soo nice...yes we can see the magic touch of experience
Sun, 02/21/2010 - 08:50 Permalink
Rajusree
Beautiful kolam. I remember seeing her other manai kolams in the gallery. Awesome work.
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 17:46 Permalink
riya_mrv
Wow Maami ur kolam makes me feel humble!
Wed, 09/15/2010 - 05:17 Permalink
jasree
Wow!!! Such a big & beautiful padikolam. Nice visual treat. Thanx for sharing
Thu, 09/16/2010 - 17:57 Permalink
swaran
omg::its an extraordinary creation,....tooo good....perfection to the core...awesome...perfect symmetry...i am lost with words to explain the beauty..... hats off
Mon, 07/18/2011 - 01:13 Permalink