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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

30+ rangoli kolam simple designs  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 w...
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Iruvatchi flower garland


Iruvatchi ( இருவாட்சி மலர்  ) in Tamil is a type of jasmine that is popular in Trichy and Srirangam.  A very beautiful variety of flower.

 I got some flowers and immediately made a garland. 

 I offer these garlands to the pictures of Gods in our Pooja room or offer them to any temple I visit.

That is quite frequent by God's grace.

I am sharing easy rangoli through images in this blog.  Occasionally I share flower decorations recipes, Puja related posts also.

This is one of them. 

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Tie two flowers one at the top and one at the bottom at approximately the centre of the thread.  Tie two knots 
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Place the next flower such that the stalk rests on the thread below
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Bring the thread around the stalk and the string at the bottom

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Place the next flower with stalk on the string below

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Take the thread around to hold the flower
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These two images give a top view of tying the flowers

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Traditional method of tying flowers through images 

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This is a type of mallige (Kannada) or mallepuvvu (Telugu)

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We can offer for Navratri, Varalakshmi Vratham these garlands.  The Pooja room will look beautiful and divine with such type of garlands. The speciality of this flower is that it remains a bud for a long time and the buds are long too.  We may have noticed that some flower vendors string flowers that have bloomed along with very young buds.  These buds take four to five days to bloom.  Hence, I avoid using them when I tie the floral garland.  This tip is for iruvatchi and all other flowers.

Update: On a related subject, I purchased nitya malli in Saidapet near a temple, it is rare to get this flower in Chennai.  It is uncommon I would say.  When I shared the photo of this flower garland on Facebook, viewers gave lots of information about the flower.  I would like to share it here so that it may be useful to those who need it. 

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Viewers shared names of the flower in their mother tongue - Jui in Marathi, Sanna jaaji in Telugu, Nitya Molle in Kannada.  Also called Rama Bhanam, santhana mullai, nitya kalyani.  One viewer also called it iruvatchi, though I think there is a difference.  One lady gave specific information - it is called sandana malli in Mayiladuthurai, Nithya malli in Chennai and Rama bhanam in Coimbatore belt.  Looks like it is called sayali in Western parts of India.  More names sooju malli , amber mallige , jaji poolu.   My my I was amazed.  All those who commented vouched for the fragrance of the flower. (A rose by another name smells as sweet doesn't it) I also came to know that in Chidambaram during evenings and at night it is sold in huge quantities and it can grow in some specific soil only.


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