Get to know about nagarathar way of pongal celebration, history, preparation, nadu veetu. Kolam patterns are most commonly drawn with chalk or rice powder by women on the. Kolam is a form of rangoli, a popular folk art made in homes during auspicious occasions across india. It is a fourday festival which according to the tamil calendar is usually celebrated from january 14 to january 17. However there are some exceptions to mathur temple where there are subdivisions within this temple. Pongal kolam welcome to nagarathar association singapore.
Home kalai selvi arivalagan drawing kolams close book content settings more ebooks. Kolam means colourful rangoli, its make with many different colours. Joined sep 3, 2012 messages 54,335 location madurai. The kolam is a traditional handdrawn art form in tamil nadu and south india comprised of many subfamilies. Vallanattu chettiar are a community who have been classified in the state of tamil nadu as an. Offline rangoli design book hd for android free download. Kolam designs, pulli kolam collections, kolam with dots, muggulu designs. It is further divided in two cells for accommodating earthen pots on clay stoves in which rice will be cooked on thai pongal. Nadu veetu kolam by chellammai chellammai palaniappan. Pongal pot kolam l pongal pot rangoli 2019 sankranthi muggulu l. Rangoli also known as kolam or muggu is a folk art from india. People within the same temple are considered as siblings.
Whether you are a parent looking for a book on pongal festival for your. Rangolisansdots a big collection of small kolam rangoli designs hand drawn, few art craft. It is very famous and some foreigners come to tamilnadu to see the festival and they also celebrate pongal with the tamil people. It will be celebrated in every year in january month. Pongal kolangal is a beautiful art and every day drawn by woman in the house. First wipe off the center portion of the kolam for the stove, and put few lines of kolam in the center. Pongal rangoli clock live wallpaper is really attractive definitely suites for your android mobile. This kolam design is without dots and resembles padi kolam.
Thai pongal is a harvest festival dedicated to the sun god. About 900 family members of nagarathars, the dominant local community congregated in this nondescript village and celebrated sevvai pongal, the traditional pongal festival, organised on the. The day before marriage pangalis and thaya pillaigal close relatives would come to both brides and grooms place to make the nadu veetu kolam and manai kolam. Kolam contest enters asia book of records the hindu. During pongal, an important aspect of the celebrations and festivities is the making of kolams in front of the main door of the house, the courtyard andor the altar.
Cooking is done in sunlight, usually in a porch or courtyard, as the dish is dedicated to the sun god, surya. In order to apprehend the chettiar or nagarathar kolam, one has to fully. Sequential encoding of tamil kolam patterns timothy m. This day only ven pongal is kept in the banana leaves 3 in the center make a hallow put ghee and a piece of jaggery and do neivedhyam.
Drawing a kolam starts with a central square personifying the house. July 21, 2018 july 25, 2018 admin tamil book library courtesy project madurai. Infront of your house with these pongal kolam designs during the festival 2020 and the joy of celebration. Pongal is celebrated on jan 15th this year and whats special about it. Drawing easy 25 beautiful pongal kolam and pongal rangoli designs drawings is an amazing form of art, where the pencil drawings seem to literally jump off the page. Aachis put it for pongal, pillayar nonbu, marriages, house warming ceremonies etc. Nagarathar nadu veetu kolam is drawn for all kinds of functions held at homes, also during pongal and pillaiyar nonbu. In this pongal festival women will take interest in decorating their houses with rangoli kolangal in front of their house.
Pongal, the tamil harvest festival in the month of january is celebrated for 5 days with much gusto. Nagarathar kavadi is a special pilgrimage of its type, where nagarathar people will hold kavadi on their shoulders and walk to see darshan of lord murugan in pazhani. Tamil archives welcome to nagarathar association singapore. So we have collected unique collections of rangoli kolangal with dots for making easy to understand. Simple rangoli designs 5 dots kolam by sudha balaji. Apparently the bride and groom should belong to different temples if they are to be married. Big and sometimes small kolam or muggulu are preferred for kolam festival season during margazhi. Rice is boiled and partaken in public with communal participation.
The next day is the mattu pongal, a thanksgiving festival unique to tamilnadu. Every family prays to their ancestors in their ancestral house, which is known as veetu padaippu and all the pangalis together perform podhu padaippu joint prayer. Get to know about nagarathar way of pongal celebration, history, preparation, nadu veetu kolam and more. If you are one of those dont know how to draw a pongal kolam with dots, you have one simple idea to make a pongal 2020 kolam. One year, i came across a few lines mentioning the publication of a kolam book. Kolam designs include simple, easy patterns with dots and without for beginners and kids with steps. These kolams carry a special importance in all our auspicious functions. Rangoli kolam book pdf free download read cherub the recruit online free pdf. Best collections of rangoli kolam designs with dots step. The chettinad calender is filled with various other festivals through out the year. Here are some wonderful pongal rangoli designs to help you to make your pongal special pongal is a harvest festival dedicated to sun god. Pongal literally means overflowing and is named so because of the tradition of cooking the new rice in pots until they overflow, which is a symbol of abundance and prosperity.
All the content including hand image published on this channel is our own creative work. There are line kolams, where there is the free hand drawing of lines to make a geometrical pattern. These colourful patterns and designs are popularly made in the southern states of india during pongal. Typically consisting of bright colors, rangoli is a decorative design made in living. As we know, they were merchants, bankers and money lenders. Kolam designs kolam with dots pulli kolam collections. Chettinad festivals northern california nagarathar. People across 76 towns in the chettinad area will participate on the occasion of thaipoosam. The cooking is done in a clay pot that is decorated with coloured patterns called kolam. The harvest festival of south india festivals of india volume 1 paperback december 26, 2016. They use the title chettiar and are traditionally concentrated in. Display of the product in a stall the first public appearance.
Thai pongal corresponds to makara sankranthi, the harvest festival celebrated throughout india. The pongal festival will be celebrated with happiness and joy full. Besides rice and milk the ingredients of this sweet dish include cardamom, jaggery, raisins, green gram split, and cashew nuts. It is a harvest festival celebrated in southern part of india. Nagarathar association singapore 15, tank road singapore 238065 phone no. Pongal rangoli and kolam designs home makeover 20 beautiful pongal pot rangoli for your inspiration wedandbeyond kolam. Here are some wonderful pongal rangoli designs to help you to make your pongal special. Hereby, im providing the video link for george town, penang nagarathars beautiful explantion about nadu veetu kolam. They are a mercantile community who including to commerce also traditionally are involved in banking and money lending. The parallel dots forming the square in colour kolam for pongal. Easy pulli kolam designs is the best way of designing rangoli for the beginners. Surya pongal also called suryan pongal or perum pongal is the second and main festive day, and is dedicated to the hindu god surya.
Nagarathars belong to one of the 9 temples briefed in the nagara kovil section. Next day only one pongal is made which is ven pongal. Padi kolam 5 arisi maavu kolam 5 abanindrannath tagore 5 mylapore festival 5 line kolam 5 art book 5. Thai pongal project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. It has colourful free hand rangoli designs for festivals diwali rangoli, sankranthi muggulu,margazhi pongal kolam. Well its a harvest festival and people decorate their houses with pongal kolams, make the sweet pongal and go for family picnics while biting. Sevvai pongal draws nagarathar families and foreign. Sikku knot or twisted kolam in front of a house in tamil nadu during housewarming. Singing, lyrics, songs, texts, verses, song lyrics, song books, music lyrics. But you also need to know how to make the dots so we show to here about how to make a simple and easy pongal kolam with dots step by step. Easy drawings are usually small drawing unique pongal kolams and rangoli designs. Tamil archives july 21, 2018 july 25, 2018 admin tamil book library courtesy project madurai pongal kolam. Pongal vegetable distribution welcome to nagarathar. My wish to see and understand their special kolam fills me with great excitement as lines and symbols always narrate the inner world of a community.
It is celebrated specially in southern part of india as an agricultural and harvest festival. Pongal pot kolam bhogi kundalu with 7x7 dots sankranthi. In order to apprehend the chettiar or nagarathar kolam, one has to fully grasp the vision and values of the community. Current year welcome to nagarathar association singapore. Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour, chalk, chalk powder or rock powder. All feature welcome to nagarathar association singapore. Apr 18, 2020 explore chithrasuppramaniams board chettinad nagarathar on. Kolam drawn by joining dots with straight lines, kolams drawn by joining dots with curved lines, and kolams drawn with a specific number of.
It also includes some activities like creating the design called kolam, recipe for the pongal special sweet dish sakkarai pongal and a few more. Pongal is usually celebrated from january to 16 every year. Nagarathar marriage all about nattukottai chettiars. Here we provided special tamil pongal pulli kolam with 17 by 3 dot pattern. Pongal is an harvest festival of tamil and telugu state also know as makar or lohri. Waring 200 winslow hall, school of economics, university of maine, me 00469, u. This is a monthly magazine and a community journal which consist beauty tips cooking recipie, medicine,general knowledge,articles. Nadu veetu kolam nagarathar women decorate the floors with sacred designs made up of lines and conch shell images to mark their. Accepted august 3, 2012 the kolam is a traditional handdrawn art form in tamil nadu and south india comprised of many subfamilies. But she loves to draw small rangoli kolams using colored kolam powder. The nagarathar also known as nattukottai chettiar is a tamil caste found native in tamil nadu, india. Pongal has two variants, one sweet and one savoury.
A special feature of any chettinad house is the decorative art of kolam practiced everyday at dawn on the cleansed threshold of the house. Download for free, surly pongal rangoli clock stands best for ever, dragging everyones attention towards your phone screen. Rangoli kolam designs, kolam rangoli, simple rangoli, padi kolam, latest rangoli, muggulu design, rangoli with dots, flower rangoli, indian rangoli. Im posting few of the kolam designs done by achis, these are classic examples of achis artistry. Nagarathar chettiars style pongal kolam nagarathar nadu veetu kolam.
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