Monday, January 18, 2021

RGB Monday

The four days of the Pongal festival went with the flow and I was just idle watching a couple of newly released movies on OTT and entertained by other programs on tv and YouTube.   As usual, I went for Kolam hunting on our streets on the Pongal evening, but as I expected, I couldn’t see many colorful kolams, and some are in regular patterns to shoot. The Pongal festival wasn’t lively at home, and we miss the Pongal cooked in mud pot right outside the home, what we had done for the last four years, including two years along with uncle’s family. This year’s Pongal was the same as what happens when you eat Pongal – a dull feeling.


But the next day, the Mattu Pongal was good enough as I went on an outing on ECR to explore a couple of places, and what can give me happiness other than the opportunity of travel? I enjoyed the day, except for a couple of disadvantages, and this was my first outing with the sister-in-law, and it went all comfortably. I may write on the places in further posts with photos.


Now coming to RGB Monday, I share my aunt’s colorful pot Kolam she drew for the Pongal festival. Mom’s knee pain stopped her from participating in drawing Kolam, so my aunty managed to draw two more simple Kolams, the only colorful thing we added this year for the Pongal. Hope the Pongal is celebrated with happiness and peace at every house of Tamil people and a wonderful weekend for the others.

10 comments:

George said...

These images are definitely colorful -- perfect for RGB Monday.

Tom said...

...these Kolams sure are bright and colorful!

Bill said...

Your aunt did a great job creating the vibrant colourful Kolam. It looks absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing, take care and stay safe. Hopefully this awful virus will be contained and we can go out exploring again.

L. D. said...

They both have beautiful colors on them.

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

The images are so colorful and pretty. I hope your Mom's knee is better now.
Take care, enjoy your day! Wishing you a happy new week!

Nancy Chan said...

Colourful kolam. It is celebrated here on a smaller scale.

Rose said...

They are so pretty and colorful.

Anonymous said...

Your aunt's colorful pot Kolam is stunning. She has such an eye for beauty, Jeevan! I hope you are finding peace and happiness.

Warmly,
Elsie

carol l mckenna said...

Your auntie's Kolam images are creative and colorful ~ healing hugs to your Mom ~ and Hope you had a good holiday ~ Namaste,

Moment by moment,

A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Twilight Man said...

My birthday was yesterday and it was very quiet too. That's the same MCO lockdown we have here.