Pongal panai kolam with dots step by step images
The dot grid used is 11 by 6
Draw lotuses all around as shown in the images below
Connect the lotus with petals or leaves
Convert the remaining dots at the top into petals
Now it appears like a crown of flowers when viewed from the top !
Using the dots at the centre, draw a Pongal pot
On the two sides draw two sugar canes
There is one dot at the bottom of the Pot between the sugar canes convert it into a small kolam
Add colours to the rangoli
The harvest festival Pongal is when in the villages , sweet Pongal is made with freshly harvested rice, jaggery . It is celebrated with great pomp and splendour. A new Pot is purchased painted with designs . Sweet Pongal is prepared and offered to the Sun God as a mark of respect and gratitude for helping the farmers in agriculture. Two fully grown sugar cane are also offered. Kolam are drawn in the area and at the entrance of the house also with generous use of colours. When the sweet Pongal starts to overflow everyone around shouts "Pongalo Pongal". There is joy and happiness all around.