For special festivities, kolams tend to be larger and more ornate. As part of the Vishnu festival going on at the temple near my apartment, women not only made decorative kolams in front of their homes, but also in the middle of the road. As the chariot carrying the statue of Vishnu made its way through this neighborhood street, it would be sure to drive over this kolam. Although traffic tends to be lighter early in the morning, there still was plenty to contend with for the woman in this photo - an auto rickshaw (who actually was driving on the wrong side of the street), pedestrians, and a gypsy wheeling around his recycling cart.
2 comments:
Ha, ha! I hope this kolam brought her good luck!
Hi nice to read that you wrote this good post about kolam and rangoli, this is a traditional art of ancient colorful India. more Rangoli and Kolam Design can be searched over internet.
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