Happy Deepavali 2013!
These are various designs of Kolams as decorations at Midvalley Megamall, a shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the celebration of Deepavali.
/\ Saw a Chinese lady putting final touches to the Kolam on the eve of Deepavali.
/\ This is the ceiling decorations for the Blue Kolam.
/\ A yellow-orange Kolam
/\ An item on the Yellow-Orange Kolam that caught my eye.
/\ Nice lamps/lanterns to accompany the Yellow-Orange Kolam.
/\ My favourite, the Pink Kolam.
/\ Ceiling decorations for the Pink Kolam.
Kolam 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. Kolams are regionally known by different names in India, Raangolee in Maharashtra, Hase and Raongoli in Kannada in Karnataka, Muggulu in Andhra Pradesh. Kolams are thought to bring prosperity to homes. - Wikipedia.
