Kolam
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<holidayfyi-glossary slug="kolam"></holidayfyi-glossary>A form of drawing made on the ground at the entrance of homes in South India using rice flour, chalk, or coloured powders, created especially elaborately for festivals such as Pongal, Diwali, and Onam. Kolam patterns range from simple geometric forms to intricate representations of deities and mathematical grid designs (pulli kolam), and the practice has spiritual, ecological, and social dimensions: the rice flour feeds small creatures (ahimsa), the act purifies the threshold, and the designs signal the household's auspicious celebration to all who pass.