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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

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 with two inverted triangles.   ...

Simple kolam with dots

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This post will have Diwali rangoli with 6 dots , 8 dots rangoli , 12 dots kolam, 13 dots rangoli and some non-standard dot patterns Lotus kolam with dots for Margazhi or Pongal - also for Diwali.  The lotus rangoli above is with a dot pattern 13 to 1. Draw the simple design at the centre.   Add the four lotuses coloured pink on four sides.   Connect the remaining dots to use them up as shown.  A very beautiful flower rangoli. .  In case you want to draw a single lotus free hand version it is given below .  Two intermediate steps of the lotus rangoli or kolam are shownin the image above.  This lotus design can be drawn for Sankranti muggulu with dots. I  would like to post some simple kolam  with dots ( or simple chukkala muggulu in Telugu )  because I have received  many requests from friends and viewers.  Almost all kolam  I have drawn for Margazhi month are free hand designs.  However, I want to limit th...