It all started with a simple kolam (rangoli). On December 29, seven youngsters, mostly girls, assembled on the popular Besant Nagar Beach in Chennai and started to draw rangoli designs on the road.

Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 5 (ANI): People from Kamala Harris's ancestral village 'Thulasendrapuram' in Tiruvarur district created kolam designs, a tradition in Tamil culture, to express ...

Kolam art has been practiced by women throughout southern India for hundreds of years. These brightly colored rice flour designs adorn the thresholds of homes and temples every day, as well as streets ...

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 ...

Pongal 2023: The festival of harvest will be celebrated between January 15-18. Pongal celebrations will take place with full enthusiasm in South Indian states, especially in Tamil Nadu. Those who are ...

The winter festive season is now beginning and it is time to celebrate. Starting the festive season with Pongal which is a harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu for four days. It is one of the ...

The chanting from a distant temple was the only sound on an otherwise-still winter morning in Chennai. The holy Tamil month of music and devotion, Margazhi, had begun – and every day, in the early ...