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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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18 dots kolam 18 dots rangoli with images

Grand and special rangoli designs for Sankranti | Navratri | Varalakshmi Vratham 2019 

An very old and traditional kolam .  We need not get intimidated by the dot pattern i.e 18 pulli It is actually a very simple  kolam with only lines outside the dot grid.  

The many pictures below show help us learn this kolam 

Also called the kalyana medai in Tamil, Pelli arugu in Telugu since it represents the wedding mantap ,  it can be used for wedding mantap decorations the traditional way. 

 We can draw with paint so that it is there permanently.

Also, a grand kolam for festivals like Pongal and Diwali.

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The dot pattern is 18 dots 2 rows and then 16 to 2
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Draw two parallel lines on either side of the central two columns of dots

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Similarly ,  draw two lines on either side of the central  two rows of dots ,  horizontally also.

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The next step ,  leave two columns and draw on either side , vertically
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Connect to form a box
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Leave two rows on either side and draw parallel lines and connect

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Next leave two more rows of dots and draw lines , horizontally and vertically
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Draw patterns inside as shown

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Connect the patterns on all sides with straight lines

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The dots in the outermost places are used as shown.
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If you are looking for chukki rangoli big size or pedda chukkala muggulu this kolam may be the one that will answer your question to Google :)

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