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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 poola jada designs- beautiful easy

Material required
Cardboard,
fresh flowers
Canvas , kundan stones and trinkets ( to make the jewellery )
needle and thread
Glue

 What I have made is for Varalakshmi Pooja 2018   This idea can also be used for 
 a Simple poola jadalu for wedding | seemantham | engagement
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The advantage is that it is very light because we use dainty flowers and cardboard

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Take dainty flowers like jasmine and tie them the traditional way but one one side only

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Tie both ends of the string to get a circular shaped flower decoration

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Cut the excess thread

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Fold a card board as shown in the image below

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Tie the flowers to the cardboard

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Continue tying as shown in the picture below with floral decorations of decreasing diameter

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For each flower complete by tying a knot at the back

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Cut the excess cardboard to match the outer shape of the flowers
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These simple jewellery can be made using circular canvas .  Kundan stones and other decorative trinkets are stuck as shown to get a circular shaped jewel.  Since the base is made with canvas it can be tied with a string and needle .  However if it is for a one time use it is better to stick because the string will be visible 

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Tie or stick the jewels to the jada. Tie thread to the cardboard at two or three places.  This will help us tie to the flower decoration to the hair when we use it for marriage, baby showers etc. 

I have shared this idea for Ammavari decoration for Varalakshmi Vratham.  If you are using for functions make it longer to suit the length of the braid 

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Another method is using fresh flowers instead of the jewelry.  I have used roses and dhavana 
as shown in the images below

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Can also be a beautiful decoration for Navartri festival.  If we watch old Tamil movies or Telugu movie songs, we can observe that the heroine wears beautiful floral decoration for plaits during the wedding celebrations.  I have seen mogalirekulu petals adorning the head along with other flower decorations.
Our previous generations were truly connoisseurs of art and craft.  We are fortunate that they have handed over to us these traditions and customs.  This blog is my humble contribution to preserve these ideas for those who are interested - to know or learn.

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