1. Ratham Kolam:
This Soulart rangoli is a Chariot or the Ratham Kolam, which is regarded as God’s vehicle and is drawn on the festival of Rathasaptami. This day is considered to be a principal day for special worship and festivities in the honor of the Sun-God and is also known as Surya Jayanti (the Sun-god’s birthday). It is mostly celebrated in Maharashtra and south India. Ratha Saptami festival is symbolic of the change of season to spring and the start of the harvesting season.
2. Tulsi Madam Kolam:
This Soulart Kolam is known as the “Tulsi Madam Kolam” drawn in south India on the day of “Tulsi Marriage” performed during the festival of Diwali. Tulsi commonly known as holy Basil is a Medicinal Plant and is venerated as a goddess in Hinduism. It is married to lord Vishnu during this festival. The Tulsi wedding signifies the end of the monsoon and the beginning of the wedding season in Hinduism.
3. Kuthu Vilakku Kolam:
This Soulart Rangoli is a Kuthu Vilakku Kolam, which is a pictorial representation of a type of "Indian fire lamp" in a Kolam. It is considered auspicious to adorn puja rooms with such lamps. Different designs of such lamps in varied complexities can be drawn. ‘Vilakku’ means lamp and in the Kolam designs, lamps of various shapes play a prominent part as it signifies spread of light and end of darkness.
4. Naga Kolam:
This Soulart Rangoli is called the Naga Kolam in south India, drawn on the festival of Nag Panchami. It is drawn in a special Celtic style in an interlaced dot grid. Naga Panchami is a day of traditional worship of Nagas or snakes. The worship is offered on the fifth day of bright half of lunar month of Shravana (July/August). Offering and prayers to snake on this day is auspicious and will usher good tidings in one's life and ensure welfare and protection of the family.
5. Nadu Veetu Kolam:
This Soulart Rangoli is called the Nadu Veetu Kolam. Nadu Veetu means a Big House or a country house. Thus a Nadu Veetu Kolam as the name suggests is the pictoral representation of a big house. The symbols in the kolam represent several things in a home/family. The two cells in the central square of the kolam represent two clay stovesof single family. For big joint families living in a single home, like If there are three families then, large rectangular kolams of six cells are drawn. The wavy lines running all over the kolam represents all family members are connected with each other. The four pillars on 4 sides of the kolam represent the guardians’ deities who rule the specific directions of space and protect the home. Roof like structures represent the top of a temple they are drawn as a symbol to achieve growth and prosperity just like the temples, the entire kolam is bordered by two rows of dots which represent the couple in the family which who are blessed to become a bigger family. Auspicious symbols like lotus and conch are drawn in the four corners of the Kolam. This Soulart Nadu Veetu Kolam depicts 16 other auspicious symbols like the sun, moon, star, shree, aum, swastik, brahamamudi, chakra, Lakshmi and cows footprints, prasadam, bilva leaf, jaswand flower, kalash, lamp and universe/space.
6. Thottil Kolam:
This Soulart Rangoli is called the Thottil Kolam. Thottil means a cradle. On the naming ceremony of a new born this kōlam of a cradle is made. These cradles can be also drawn on festivals like Krishna Janmashthami or Ram Navmi, which are the festivals for the celebration of Lord Krishna’s and Lord Rama’s Birth.
7. Homkund/ Homam Kolam:
This Soulart Rangoli is called the Homakunda/ Homam Kolam. Hom is the Fire Altar which is commonly created in many Vedic rituals. Homam Kolam designs are auspicious, they are of various sizes and complexities and are drawn on the ground where the fire alter is placed. The peculiar feature is the 4 protruding zones in the design on which the 4 legs of the fire altar are placed. Homam Kolam signifies the central position of the fire altar in the ritual.
8. Thongu/Thooku Vilakku:
This Soulart rangoli is called a "Thongu or Thooku Vilakku" Kolam, which is a pictorial representation of a type of "Indian fire lamp" within a Kolam design. It is considered auspicious to adorn puja rooms with such lamps. Different designs of such lamps in varied complexities can be drawn. ‘Vilakku’ means lamp and 'Thooku/Thongu' means hanging, thus this is a type of hanging fire lamp, which is lit with cotton wicks in oil. Traditionally in Kolam designs lamps of various shapes play a prominent role, in all rituals and festivals as it signifies spread of light and end of darkness.
9. Pongal Kolam:
This Soulart Kolam is called the Pongal Kolam and is drawn during the festival of Pongal a multi-day harvest festival celebrate in the month January. It is dedicated to the sun god and the harvest season, and it marks the end of winter. The festival is named after the ceremony "Pongal", which means "to boil, overflow" and refers to the traditional dish prepared from the new harvest of rice boiled in milk with jaggery (raw sugar). This Soulart Kolam depicts the boiling and overflowing Pongal dish cooked on fire.
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