Contact Us: Our email address is vi@kolam.info
Our mailing address is 6213-A Kahiliholo Road
Kilauea, HI. 96754
Phone: 808-828-0540
"Giving to poor is true charity. All other giving expects some return"

Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar - 200 A.D.

We have cooking classes/luncheons on second Saturdays.

Come to the class with a big appetite and enjoy the very wide range of Indian dishes  - soups, snacks, flat
breads, rice breads, curries, and puddings. You'll also learn to cook 3 to 4 dishes. The class starts at 10:30,
and ends around 1:30.

Please email vi@kolam.info  to register.

Mail a check for $ 30 to reserve.  Make the check to Kolam Charitable Foundation, Inc. and mail it to:
Kolam Charitable Foundation, Inc.
6213-A Kahiliholo Road
Kilauea, HI. 96754
6213-A Kahiliholo Road

Please click on our address above to get the Yahoo Map.

Driving Directions:



If you are coming from Lihue:
for Kalihiwai Ridge on right side of Kahiliholo Road. Also it's the first left turn after Kilauea, and you'll see a road sign indicating
that there's a left turn, as well as a 50 mile speed limit sign on the right). If you missed this turn, you'll go on the bridge toward that
there's a left turn, as well as a 50 mile speed limit sign on the right). If you missed this turn, you'll go on the bridge toward
Princeville/Hanalei. Take a U turn and come back.
Princeville/Hanalei. Take a U turn and come back.

Drive for 3 1/2 miles on Kahiliholo Road and the road ends in a cul-de-sac. On the left, close to the end (before 100 feet), you'll
see mail boxes for 6213-A, 6213-B and so on. Take the immediate left after the mailboxes (where you see a green sign for 6213),
and then take the second right in about 300 feet or so. The first gate is always closed. You'll see 'the Herberts' sign at the secpnd  
gate which is our place.

If you are coming from Princeville:
Go toward Kilauea. We are before Kilauea town. Pass the bridge and take the first RIGHT turn after that. (We are at least a mile
before Banana Joes and Kilauea town)
Drive for 3 1/2 miles on Kahiliholo Road where the road ends in a cul-de-sac. On the left close to the end, you'll see mail boxes for
6213-A, 6213-B and so on. Take the immediate left after the mailboxes and then take the second gate right in about 300 feet or
so. The first gate will always be closed. You'll see the sign 'Herberts' on the second gate.
Kolam Charitable Foundation, Inc.


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If you want to know more about Kolam and the analysis of Kolam, in relation to math and art, please go to
this URL.
http://erikdemaine.org/papers/Sona_JMA/paper.pdf

This is an article published in the Journal of Mathematics and Art in April 2007.  MIT Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and The School of Computer Science and School of Music of the McGill
University have jointly published this article.