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9523 - Kolam contest, Mylapore Festival 2020

Mylai Kolam drawing competition, as a part of Pongal festival, Chennai,India held at Mylapore.

 

 

Kolam (Tamil: கோலம் kõlaṁ) is a form of painting that is drawn using rice powder/chalk/chalk powder/white rock powder often using naturally/synthetically colored powders in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and most parts of Kerala and some parts of Goa, Maharashtra, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and a few other Asian countries. A Kolam is a geometrical line drawing composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. In South India, it is widely practised by female Hindu family members in front of their homes.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on January 13, 2020
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