#FridayReflections – 2015 Onam Pookalams

Posted on by Parul Thakur

One morning when I logged on to WordPress, the stats suggested that my blog post from last year Onam Pookalam – an arty affair was getting a few hits. The very next day, LP shared Day 1 picture on our whatsapp group and there was this Aha moment! It’s time for the 10-day Onam celebrations! Over the past 10 days, thanks to Google, more and more people have been searching and looking up this post and it feels only fair to not miss covering Onam on happiness and food 🙂

So, keeping up with last year’s promise, I am sharing ten beautifully done Pookalams (Floral Carpets) straight from LP’s house. The only difference is, this time LP does not know that I am sharing these pictures on my blog. I am hoping that she is not going to feel bad about this. 🙂

For women who work full-time and have millions of responsibilities as a mother, keeping up with the traditions and celebrating festivals with zeal is not an easy thing. LP, you rock!

Day 1
Pookalam on Day 1
Day 2
Pookalam on Day 2
Day 3
Pookalam on Day 3
Day 4
Pookalam on Day 4
Day 5
Pookalam on Day 5
Day 6
Pookalam on Day 6
Day 7
Pookalam on Day 7
Day 8
Pookalam on Day 8
Day 9
Pookalam on Day 9
Pookalam on Day 10
Pookalam on Day 10

Over the past 9 days, every single morning I have waited for LP’s picture to count the rings, match it to the number of the day in the festival and appreciate how beautifully she set this up without fail. The colors, the freshness of the flowers, the symmetry and simply everything adds to the beauty.

It makes me feel that the festive times of the year have begun! More happiness and food to you all readers 🙂 How did you celebrate Onam? 

Today is Onam, a festival celebrated by the people of Kerala, India. This week on Friday Reflections, floral carpets are adorning my blog 🙂 

Happy Onam!

45 thoughts on “#FridayReflections – 2015 Onam Pookalams”

  5. I don’t know about it but loved the beautiful arrangement of flowers .It also shows how lovingly , patiently and with full dedication it was done .

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  8. Beautiful :). So Parul, when are you going to put up a post on the foodie (Onam Sadya) aspect of Onam as well? 😀 Love the variety of dishes for Onam Sadya :).

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  9. just breathtaking, I took my time scrolling through these images and really y taking each on in, it really touched me. #Fridayreflections

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  12. Wowow.. Happy onam. . Getting to know more of the festival and hey now when is fooooooood coming… He he ge

    Beautiful loved and a lot of hard work went in crating all this.. Excellent

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  14. Thanks so much Parul for this surprise.. it is so encouraging for me to keep doing this year on year and of course very motivating :D.
    Every woman is a rock star who balances their work and home so I’m just like all the others… ;).
    I must also tell you this… I do the flower carpets every year to ensure my son learns from this tradition that may otherwise get lost with the next generation… hopefully he will do the same in the future.. :).

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  19. Beautiful pookalams.. I was always amazed of these wonderful creations with proper colour combinations. Convey my wishes to LP and thanks to you for sharing these. I try these pookalams for Pongal and Deewali.. not very creative to try my own designs, but frantically search in net and try them 🙂

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