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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Kolam/Mugulu drawn during Navarathiri

The pictures below are taken from my 2011 posts. The Kolum is drawn in Puja place or before Golu. Day one using rice flour pulli/dots kolum (hridayakamalam) is put , On 2nd day Kattam pottu, wheat flour kolam, On 3rd day a flower kolam using pearls. On 4th day padikattu kolam using akshadai, on 5th day Bird kolam using Kadalai, on 6th day Devi namam (names) using paruppu, on 7th day Thittani using flowers, on 8th day Padmam using Kasu (coins) and on 9th day Any Ayudam using camphor (karpooram) are drawn.
Starting with pulli kolum, the clockwise pictures are the nine kolum to be put during Nine days
The center Picture is the Puja at Seattle during 2013


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