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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.   ...
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Simple muggulu designs with dots

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The first muggu in this gallery of muggulu that are from a collection of the designs I draw at the entrance.  As the title suggests they will all be without colours because that is what we usually draw as daily muggulu at the entrance of our homes and reserve colourful ones for festivals. I am asked what book , I refer to for creating kolam or muggu designs.  I do not refer to any rangoli books.   Since Rangolisansdots literally means rangoli without dots,  I create many free hand designs.  When I create such designs,   some designs are also suitable for muggulu with dots.  So I try accommodate those designs in a suitable dot pattern and that is how I create muggu. It is as simple as  that! Some of these designs can be tried for festivals like Vinayaka Chaturthi  ( Chavithi ) or Navratri. Actually I have a note book that I use to create rangoli .  Some times I get the idea instantaneously , some times it is after few attempts tha...
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Small rangoli with dots

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After rangoli with five dots for Diwali and other festivals  , simple kolam with dots   this post may have even simpler rangolis.  Since we use only four dots these can be termed as very easy rangoli designs with dots .  Probably we can try some design with three dots also and that would be mini rangoli designs.  Please do not forget to like my Facebook page Rangoli sans dots You have come to the right place if you are looking for easy rangoli with dots , small chukkala muggulu , chukki rangoli easy or small kolam with dots  In an earlier post, I wrote that I would limit the number of dots to 5 and not less than that.   However after drawing some with 5 dots,  I wondered if I could try some rangolis with 4 dots that may be of help to beginners or learners.  So this post is for very small rangoli with dots i.e four dots . One of the reasons I have drawn many small rangoli or short rangoli is because I am short of space ! First ver...
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