What is a kolam

At the entrance of homes in South India, kolam (Tamil: கோலம்) drawings welcome everyone: animals, people, and gods alike. They are drawn each morning on the freshly cleaned pavement with rice flour.

Unlike rangolis, kolams use a very limited set of geometric shapes: curved loops drawn around a grid of dots. The simple elements add up to a beautiful, complex whole.

How to start

• Tap between two circles to join them.

• To split them again: tap on the crossing.

• Pinch zoom to enlarge the kolam, so that you can tap more comfortably.

• Use the color palette to change the colour of the background, lines or dots.

• Share your kolam with friends the way you like.

Further features

• Works offline.

• Start a new kolam of a size of your choice.

• Create custom layouts by removing some dots.

• Symmetry tools: change two or four places by one tap.

• Save your kolam and continue later.