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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.   ...

Best color rangoli powder for Diwali

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This is a picture of rangoli colours packed by my sister in Nagpur . There have been many queries as to where I get the colour rangoli powder for my colourful rangoli designs I make for Diwali and New Year. So I wanted to share this , when I shared in on my Facebook Page - Rangolisansdots many viewers wanted to know the price and wanted for them also.   I was overwhelmed .    Actually my sister purchases these colours from a place called Koradi outside Nagpur , it is 16 km from the city ,  I understand. When she goes to the Mahalakshmi temple , she purchases rangoli colours for our relatives.   She brings them home and dries the colours in shade.  Then packs them in small packets and distributes among our relatives.  Some she keeps for herself also. As I have written earlier she is my guru for kolam .  Of course for all of us, our mother is the first guru.   She usually sends it by courier or brings along with her when she c...