Women's health and beauty..

It is customary and our traditon to draw a kolam or rangoli at the entrance of the house.In good olden days, the entrance to the house was normally a mud flooring. Water was sprinkled early in the morning (say by 5.00 or before that) on the mud ground so that dust will not be eroded by the morning breeze and also to prevent dust from entering the house. Cowdung, a natural sanitizer was mixed with water and sprinkled around.It too act as a disinfectant. The ladies coming out to draw the kolam early in the morning had the benefit of ozone also which keeps the mind fresh and calm but gives energy needed for the whole day..

The kolam is a free hand drawing and a traditional form of art. previously it was drawn with rice flour and when dried becomes food for ants and small insects which is equal to bhootha yagna performed.

These designs are believed to produce positive cosmic forces which will improve the lot of people who dwell in the house.It is supposed to prevent undesirable elements from entering the house. There are intricate kolams which are drawn with many dots. Completing them successfully needs a lot of concentration and patience.This gives a good training to our mind that whatever be the situations in life, we must learn to emerge out of them smoothly and tactfully.

Besides giving aesthetic beauty at the entrance, the kolam also provides a physical exercise for the women, early in the morning. The bending and drawing the kolam gives a good exercise to the waist and hips, thereby strengthening their uterus and giving them flexibility and growth.

Its also scientifically proven that which index finger and thumb touches each other, some energy flow is made from there to the brain which activates the later. This is done while drawing kolam.

Gone those golden days... now a days these traditional concept is replaced with stickers which saves time but empties the pocket for medicinal expense...right???