KOLAMS

Aug. 17, 2019

Women in Tamil Nadu are making Kolam inspired maps to identify lucrative locations to set up businesses. Complete with pie charts on exports and imports from the village, the maps have helped more than 5,000 women earn a sustainable income in six districts of Tamil Nadu.

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Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour, chalk, chalk powder or rock powder, often using naturally or synthetically colored powders, in southern Indian states.
A Kolam is a geometrical line drawing composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. More complex Kolams are drawn and colors are often added during holiday occasions and special events.
It is widely practised by female Hindu family members in front of their houses as these are thought to bring prosperity to homes.
Though not as flamboyant as its other Indian contemporary, Rangoli, which is extremely colourful, a South Indian Kolam is all about symmetry, precision, and complexity.

Source : The Hindu