IPOH: As Deepavali draws near, traders selling various types of ready-made decorative items for kolam at the popular Little ...

This Margazhi morning sent me into a state of nostalgia as I drew a simple ezhai kolam in my apartment corridor. It brought back all those fond times and tiny tales told to me by family elders during ...

Pongal 2023: The festival of harvest will be celebrated between January 15-18. Pongal celebrations will take place with full enthusiasm in South Indian states, especially in Tamil Nadu. Those who are ...

With Deepavali just around the corner, Ruben Prakash, 38, has been caught up in a whirlwind of activity. As a kolam artist in Kuala Lumpur, he has spent the past few weeks decorating countless Hindu ...

Telling stories through intricate kolam designs, Hema Kannan is bringing cheerful reasons to pursue this art for better mental health. "I try to share this ephemeral art form to bring positivity in ...

Ruben Prakash Anthony Albert putting the finishing touches to the 35ftx25ft 3D kolam in The Gardens Mall. Ruben Prakash Anthony Albert never thought he would be pursuing the art of kolam as a career ...

The chanting from a distant temple was the only sound on an otherwise-still winter morning in Chennai. The holy Tamil month of music and devotion, Margazhi, had begun – and every day, in the early ...

CHENNAI: Even the simplest pleasures in life are not without the implicit bias we hold towards it. A sari-clad young woman inspires certain stereotypes, a degree in engineering brings with it a bagful ...

Kolam designs, psychedelic colour patterns and 3D geometrical shapes might soon replace the mundane black and white zebra crossings on Chennai roads. In a city , where road infrastructure is designed ...

Colour fills the residence of Mumbai-based Usha Kunisetty, especially during Navaratri season. This year, Usha’s pictures created a flutter on social media and WhatsApp groups; for, her kolam designs ...