Speciality of maargazhi maasam..

Hope everyone still remember all tamil months.maargazhi maasam starts at dec mid-14 or 15 and ends at jan 14 or 15.just before pongal.pongal is always on thai maasam 1 st day.Many people think that color kolam on house entrance has become fashion but that is not what it is actually!

       On maargazhi maasam there will be a special poojai called thiruppazhiezhutchi(meaning something like pazhi kondirukkum kadavul ezhundhrikrathu) they will do all abhishekam and deepa-aarathanai early in the morning.Timings varies from temple to temple but it will be definitely before 6.00AM.So all people used to get up very early in the morning take bath and go to temple.women in the house used to get up even earlier and clean the vaasal and mix cow dung in water and spread that and then put color kolam on this month only.This is what they follow in my place.

       The worst thing is the lowest temperature recorded in this month only.i dont know why they chose this month for this kind of early morning poojai and putting color kolam.But i think the concept is the godess will get attracted on seeing color kolam and enters into the house.

       In my house i used to enjoy putting all these color kolam that too new year(jan 1st)will come on this month.so i will get up very early and it will take nearly an hour to put a very big kolam and apply color for it.once u apply color all the outline will go off.so again its needed to give the outline.All together it takes a long time.To encourage this our local tv channel started organising a program for recording all the color kolam on house entrance and give prizes for the best three kolam in that locality. I had an opportunity to participate in that kolam competition and won third prize when i was doing my eleventh standard.When they organised it as a competition many people used to put kolam and decorate it with flowers and few scrapped some veg or fruits and add color on to it and spread that on the kolam.i tried on that crystal salt.Adding different color as required on the salt and dry it in sun the previous day itself and spread it on the kolam.I am very interested in all these kind of activities.but missing all that now.

         last time when i went home for christmas holidays my sister bought all that color kolam dried it in sun and kept in house ready for me.she is also very interested in this but since she is a small girl she cant draw a very big kolam and give color.so she wants someone to put in our house and she loves seeing that.It is been long since i put one.so i put the kolam which i learnt in my seventh standard and it is a very easy one and my favourite one too.so just i had a picture of it.thought of sharing it with u all.Peacock is drawn by my sister and the other one is by me.