About the Book: Kolam Tradition in South India
Kolam is propitious threshold drawings by women defining religious and cultural
space in South India. Integrating the entire Tamil community in kinship,
ephemeral kolam structure is precise and beautiful prayer for protection and
prosperity. Aesthetic experience of kolam is in its symmetrical composition that
correlates with our concept of the cosmos. In the geometric grid of kolam the
number of dots called pulli algorithmically guides the number of crossings that
requires overall smoothening of edges in the design. Large number of infinite
knot pattern follows a set of elegant mathematical rules that is at the same
time artistic. According