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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.   ...

17 to 9 dots rangoli 17-9 pulli kolangal

Diwali kolam designs with dots | 17 dots muggulu
This kolam gives a beautiful 3D effect.  If we fill colours at the appropriate places it will give a more beautiful three dimensional effect.  I have added the lotus patterns to make the design more beautiful.

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The dot pattern is 17 to 9 idukku pulli or in between dots
The image shows the first step , using the lines mark the positions of the patterns
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This gives a clearer view of how the rangoli proceeds
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Now connect the dots outside the intersecting  lines as shown
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Further pics show the dots and  lines connect to form a beautiful rangoli with 3D effect
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One more close up view of the rangoli

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The dots inside are connected with lines and lotus patterns are added further
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This post may have information on chukki rangoli big size , chukkala muggulu big , periya pulli kolangal.  Big rangoli designs are popular for Bhogi and Pongal festivals too