Kolam (Tamil: கோலம், Malayalam: കോലം, Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ), also known as Muggu (Telugu: ముగ్గు), Tarai Alangaram (Tamil: தரை அலங்காரம்) and Rangoli (Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ), is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions.

Kōlam is a daily women’s ritualistic art form created by Tamil Hindu women throughout Tamil Nadu in southeastern India.

Kolam is regarded as a sort of painted prayer in South India. The design usually comprises of a symmetric line drawing, which comprises of curved loops, drawn around a crisscross pattern of dots. In a South-Indian home, it is believed Kolam design bestows prosperity and success.

May 20, 2021 · By creating the kolam with rice flour, a woman provides food for birds, rodents, ants and other tiny life forms -- greeting each day with 'a ritual of generosity', that blesses both the household, and the greater community. Kolams are a deliberately transient form of art.

May 7, 2019 · Before the first rays of sunlight stream across the rice fields and mud roads in the Nilgiri Mountains, before they force their way through the high-rises in the urban jungle of Chennai and...

Aug 26, 2024 · Kolam, the intricate and beautiful art form practiced predominantly in South India, holds a special place in the daily lives of many families. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, kolam serves as a spiritual practice that weaves together the threads of tradition, devotion, and community.

Kolam is a ritualistic design drawn at the threshold of households and temples. It is popular in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It is also practised by South Indians settled in other states of India. It is drawn everyday at dawn and dusk by women in South India who inherit this tradition from their elders.

Kolams of India – a platform to record the world’s oldest epiphermal art of South Indian to the next generation. Kolams are diversified with different styles of drawing method and techniques. Kolams are drawn with a matrix of dots which guide to draw …

The Kolam Tradition at American Scientist "..The women of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India traditionally cover their thresholds every morning with elaborate designs drawn with rice powder. Girls learn the ritual from their mothers and other female relatives, and kolam skills are considered a mark of grace, dexterity, discipline and concentration.

A distinctive cultural tradition of Tamils of South India is beautiful Kolams drawn in multicolors. "Kolam" refers to decorative artwork drawn on the floor in front of deities in puja rooms or in front of houses in South India.