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Kolam (Tamil: கோலம், Malayalam: കോലം, Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ), also known as Muggu (Telugu: ముగ్గు), Tarai Alangaram (Tamil: தரை அலங்காரம்) and Rangoli (Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ), is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions. It ...
Kolam society was formerly made up of joint families, collectively responsible for farming. Today, however, most Kolams have nuclear families, called attena bala sula . Do-masnet-mah-up , respect, is to be given to the bhasa (husband's elder brother), mama (husband's father), appa (husband's mother), dhobak (grandfather of husband), and dhoi ...
Name Description 1 Quilon This is the anglicized version of the name Kollam. [71] Quilon was the name used by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British during their colonial rule in the region. 2 Desinganadu Kollam was a part of the ancient kingdom of Desinganadu.
The history of Bhuta Kola is unknown but some scholars suppose that this tradition was probably originated during 700 BCE by the migration of early tulu tribes introducing the worship of Bermer , Panjurli (the boar spirit) and other spirits although Bhuta Kola is a modified form of prehistoric religious rituals.
A kuberakolam, rendered kubera kolam, is a magic square of order three constructed using rice flour and drawn on the floors of several houses in South India. In Hindu mythology, Kubera is a god of riches and wealth. It is believed that if one worships the Kuberakolam as ordained in the scriptures, one would be rewarded with wealth and ...
Names, routes and locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE) As the ancient city of Quilon, Kollam was a flourishing port during the Pandya dynasty (c. 3rd century BC–12th century), and later became the capital of the independent Venad or the Kingdom of Quilon on its foundation in c. 825.
Kolami is the dialect of the Kolam tribal group. The Kolami dialect differs considerably from the Gond language of the neighboring district. In some respects, Kolami is closely related to Telugu and in others to Kannada.
There was also a story that one of the families in Kolambugan, the Mutia Family from Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental, originally came from the interior area of Lanao del Norte and even at present, this story still exists because according to the tale, the great-great-great of the Mutia Family once lifted a small book hanging in the ...