These two are also disctinct from a Tibetan Mandala constructed by monks as a form of meditation although they share many similarities in construct. Sundari kannal oru seithi Solladi innaal nalla thaethi. Naan unnai neenga maatten Neenginaal thoonga maatten Sernthathae naam jeevanae. Ennaiyae thanthen unakkaaga Jenmamae konden atharkaaga. There are plenty more when one googles images of ‘kolam’ but beware, a coloured one is called a Rangoli and is more common in North India and at very special occasions in the South. Sundari kannal oru seithi Solladi innaal nalla thaethi. Perhaps they are a display of the creativity and accuracy of the women in the household.
In more rural or residential areas of the South, women draw another one at sunset at the time when lamps are lit after washing the morning Kolam off. The pattern stays coherant all day because it takes up moisture from the washed ground (like wet chalk on a blackboard). Earlier the powder was pulverised rice powder which are said to be eaten by ants, but the powders used today may be of a different substance. It is usually drawn using a special technique using two fingers and white powder.
The patterns are infinite in variability and can be more complex and bigger, the more important a day it is. Traditionally no one enters or exits the house before this is done because it is considered inauspicious.
This is a geometric and symmetrical pattern women draw in front of their houses early every morning, around sunrise or before, as soon as they are done with their baths (and perhaps Tulasi prayers). *3 Kolangal is the plural form of the word Kolam.
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