The entrance of Gayathri Shankarnarayan’s house at Fifth Cross Street in CIT Colony is incomplete if you do not see an elaborate kolam design. Sometimes, the 57-year-old is seen humming melodious ...

From intricate looping patterns to colourful lotus flowers, kolams are more than just decorations. Each design carries its ...

For visitors to the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in the last four days, it was hard to walk past a group of women diligently drawing beautiful ‘kolams’ in different parts of the temple premises ...

Even before the crack of dawn, Chennaiites wake up to the musical notes of birds, the winter wind so chilly that it demands a woolen armour to brave the streets that stir to life as the day progresses ...

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 ...

CHENNAI: From kottu kolam to katta kolam and suzhi kolam, Leela Venkatraman tries to master almost all the challenging variations of kolam. She spends more than an hour every day, innovating kolams ...

Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, with Madhyahna Ganesh Puja Muhurat falling between 11:05 AM and 1:40 PM. The ten-day celebration will conclude with Ganesh ...