Actress Sandhya, who gave away prizes to the winners of the first two weeks of the Times Margazhi Kolam Contest, says... Varalakshmi Devi and Narayani Mahendran are two happy women. After all, they ...

IPOH: As Deepavali draws near, traders selling various types of ready-made decorative items for kolam at the popular Little India stretch here are seeing brisk business. In the weeks leading up to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We profile the winners of the Times Margazhi Kolam contest We profile the winners of the Times Margazhi Kolam contest. There’s something about kolams that’s quintessentially Chennai. After all, in no ...

“You make something beautiful knowing it won’t last long. That’s the whole point. It’s creation, destruction and renewal.

For Navarathri this year, the black stone-tiled floor of her drawing hall is the chosen canvas of Srirangam resident Manghalam Srinivasan. The traditional tiered display of kolu dolls in the Mela ...