Kolam

Kolam

Floor paintings - Bhumi Chitra

. Alpana (West Bengal)
• Aripan (Bihar)
• Aipan (Uttarakhand)
• Jhoti or Chita (Orissa)
• Kolam (Tamil Nadu)
• Muggu (Andhra Pradesh)
• Madana (Rajasthan)
• Rangoli (Gujarat, Karnataka
and Maharashtra)
• Chowkpurana (Uttar Pradesh)

Kolam - Bhumi Chitra

painted prayer

The design usually
comprises of a
symmetric line
drawing - curved
loops, drawn
around a crisscross
pattern of dots.



Significance

Raw Materials

Types

Sikku / chikku / suzhi Kolam



Pulli Kolam



Padi Kolam / kambi kolam



Idai Pulli Kolam





Maa Kolam

Types - based on occasions

Nalvaravu, (or
welcoming
kolams)

red coloured
kaavi - colour of
prosperity



Hridaya Kamalam Kolam





Naga kolam

Naga Panchami









Manai
Kolam





Pongal Kolam