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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

30+ rangoli kolam simple designs  Though I have drawn all the designs myself personally I am thankful to my family for the inputs, information and help in drafting all the posts so far.  I have used the terms kolam  rangoli quite freely in all the posts. Probably there would have been differences based on classical (!) explanations in the past but today kolams can also be colourful like rangolis both in the free hand and dots type  I find that even the terms rangoli kolam and kolam rangoli are used at  present. The only area where I think kolam are different are in sikku kolam and arisi maavu kolam. Both are beautiful, challenging and can be intricate. Rangoli is muggulu in Telugu and so this post will be useful for those in search of small and simple muggulu for beginners.  This post   may have answers  kutty rangoli /kolam designs The rangoli in the image below is one of the basic designs that can be used for learning.   Form a star w...
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Saraswathi Pooja rangoli designs

Saraswati Puja rangoli | Dussehra rangoli 

This is a traditional rangoli design drawn for Saraswathi Puja in Maharastra .  If you are following the blog , it would be obvious that I learnt from my sisters who live in Mumbai and Nagpur.

The design though it appears simple is a little tricky - where we are likely to make mistakes - in choosing the length of the lines -

the seven lines that are drawn should be of such lengths i.e the ratio of the length of the top and bottom lines should be such that all the curved lines can be drawn comfortably without interfering with one another at the top of the rangoli .  

Otherwise the patterns are repetitive in nature and we should be able to draw it easily.

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All the curved lines on the left go above the top line in a symmetrical ( as humanly as possible ) manner
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The next three images show how the curved lines are drawn so that they do not intersect or meet each other. After drawing the curved lines on the left , the lines on the right are drawn starting from the top so that they finish between the lines on the left ( at the top ). Drawing the lines on the left and right should be in a single stroke as far as possible to get a beautiful effect.
 It is easy and can be done with a little practice.  Only if we are too conscious of the fact that we should get it perfectly we may not get the desired effect .  If we draw casually our wrists are not stiff and as a result the lines will also be perfect.
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The result is a small and beautiful rangoli for the festival or Puja room.  In fact we can draw in regularly in the Pooja room.  Some rangoli designs are meant for Pooja room only since they are considered auspicious and this tradition has been followed for a long time.

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