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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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For Margali 2017 a traditional double line kolam I drew on the first day.

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This is the second kolam for Margazhi or Dhanurmasam

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The rangoli for the next day - small and simple free hand rangoli ( or Rangoli sans dots !)

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This is a small free hand rangoli I drew for my YouTube video

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Double stroke rangoli with lamps for Karthigai Deepam decoration .  Karthigai is similar  to Diwali festival in festivities.

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This is a traditional and small padi kolam ( rangoli with lines ) drawn at the entrance.  Kavi or ochre decoration is used for Fridays and festivals

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One more kolam - it is a month long kolam festival during Dhanurmasam.  This is a variation of the traditional padi kolam

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This is a 15 to 1 dot lotus kolam , big rangoli and simple too | 15 chukki rangoli design

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This a traditional rangoli I drew during Dhanurmasam 2017 - 2018

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For the season ,  a double stroke or double line kolam on a Margali Friday.

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Next a simple free hand rangoli with spiral designs

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Without chukki rangoli - 2 lines technique
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Peacock rangoli kolam image 
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          Circular rangoli drawn free hand              
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My mother's favourite kolam for Margazhi and Friday - next 

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This is a simple irattai ezhai kolam with birds designs.  For those following my blog and YouTube Channel will notice that I have a weakness for (drawing ) double line kolams and birds 

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A simple double line kolam I drew for Karthigai Deepam festival with deepams all around for decoration, beautiful and traditional

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Simple rangoli designs for Diwali, Navratri festivals
This is a combination of modern and traditional ideas in rangoli

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The central design is a small kolam we draw for vasal converted into birds design

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A simple free hand design with colours

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This is another entrance muggu converted into a small and beautiful rangoli

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Can be used for flats or apartments, so small and cute
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A  variation of the traditional line rangoli

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Start with spirals and complete with birds.  Feathers on the crown make them peacocks

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