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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.   ...

6-7 dots rangoli step by step images

A unique and tricky kolam - step by step tutorial 
This is also called biscuit kolam . 

At first sight this design may appear to be easy, but it is likely that we may get stuck somewhere so it is preferable to practice it a few times, if possible, on paper with pen or pencil and then try it on the floor with kola podi

The dot pattern is 7 dots 6 rows and 6 dots 7 rows. First place the 7 dots rows and then in the gaps place the 6 dots rows
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Though it is small it is beautiful isn't it. this chukki rangoli

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The first step shows the straight lines drawn as shown in the image below starting from the centre of the dot grid
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The next step draws parallel lines to the previous lines connecting the respective dots

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The next set of parallel lines starting from the image in the previous pattern in four directions as shown in the next photo
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The next set of parallel lines in four directions perpendicular to the previous pairs of lines
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The remaining dots are connected with curved lines
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For further decoration we can draw lotuses or any other suitable patterns.  I have used lotus designs on all four sides.
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A close up of one of the lotuses being drawn to show the position of the fingers for those who may need it.
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For those who are new try this rangoli for Diwali with colors 

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