Kolam by Sudha Balaji

நாக சதுர்த்தி பூசை ( in Tamil ) The video 👉  Naga Chaturthi Pooja in Tamil   is from my YouTube channel and it gives the Puja procedure in Tamil and has English subtitles       What do we offer for Naga Deivam pepper, channa dhal, rice flour a paste made from rice flour, jaggery, ghee another ball made from white sesame and jaggery Puffed rice, milk with a drop of ghee is also offered as also water Apply turmeric only to Naga Cotton vastra decorated with turmeric is offered For flowers, jasmine is preferred First offer milk and water twice , then clean the Nagas Offer other offerings mentioned above Perform pooja Naivedyam include mangoes and coconut Perform aarthi, offer camphot After Pooja children are asked to offer milk to Naga and pray for the welfare of their brothers and sisters Elders pray for the welfare of the children. Watch the video and celebrate the festival Now a simple pambu kolam for the Pooja.  Place dots in a circle as shown.  The images ar

Naga Chaturthi rangoli | muggulu A festival celebrated for the well being of children and siblings has snake rangoli designs as an important part of the festival celebration.  Some snake ( haavu ) rangoli designs for the festival. If you would like a trendy and different Naga kolam you can try this design .   Simple Naga rangoli without chukki all steps  Draw the long lines and curved lines in one stretch Or if you like traditional designs some of them are shown below  Easy snake rangoli without dots Simple and big snake rangoli Padi kolam theme in snake kolam Paambu kolam in padi kolam for Naga Chaturthi and Naga Panchami festival This kolam is drawn only on the door step A collection of without chukki rangoli designs for the festival  Naga Panchami story It is said that in the month of Sravana , Panchami day, a farmer accidentally damaged an ant hill with his plough killing the young ones of cobra couple .  The f

This kolam uses 9 to 1 dots ner pulli.  We get a beautiful pattern at the centre with simple designs on either side.  As usual the steps shown through pictures.  Invariably I add the position of the hand to show in which direction the kolam is progressing. When I share these designs on social media some say it is" rocket science , I can never do it ".  My request would be to practise.  Practice makes a (wo)man perfect.  Of course ,we humans with all our failings can aim at near perfection , we may not be perfectly perfect ! For those of you who are seeing this type of rangoli designs for the first time the rules are - the lines go around the dots , lines can intersect only once  This kolam uses 9 dots 3 rows then 3 by 3 dots on either side Try this design at the vasal for Monday or Tuesday  I do not use it for my Vellikizhamai kolangal. Next kambigal kolam is with 9 to 1 dots ner pulli.  As most of these designs need steps  I have shared a few for