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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.   ...

Deepam muggulu chupinchandi

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Karthika Deepam muggulu | Deepam muggulu for Diwali Star muggu with deepam designs Draw the star design with two triangles then add triangles as shown Two more triangles inside as shown in the next two images Add deepam jyothi and colour them with yellow and orange and our festival muggu is ready. Sankranthi muggulu with lines and Deepam This design I created as a Sankranti or Karthika month special.  It is almost a geethala muggu. We can add minimum colours to create an awesome design Deepam muggu with lines rangoli can be used as a theme for Sukravaram muggulu Like most rangoli in this website this muggu was created by me.  I do not remember when . Some ideas I share immediately, others I have in my note books ( they are many ) to share later  Sometimes I wait for appropriate festivals like Diwali , Sankranthi to share the muggulu ideas Easy Deepam muggulu for Diwali with 8 by 8 dots  With the lines connecting the dots on all four sides as ...

Big sikku kolam for Pongal Margazhi

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11 dots sikku kolam for Margali kolangal We can draw these kolam for during the Margazhi season 2019 and Pongal 2020 when we want to display our kolam skills .  The images show the step by step process for drawing the design. Big is not an absolute term .  We may consider kolangal above 9 dots in sikku kolam as big because of the complexity in may neli kolangal.  For other pulli kolam any design above 15 dots may be categorised as big.   Do not underestimate a sikku kolam by its size.  Even a small design can be tricky .  So naturally bigger designs will be little challenging.  I have tried to make them easy through the steps given in the pics Also called kambi kolam   or pinnal kolam ( pinnal refers to plaits ) Drawn in white with decoration with white kola podi if time permits  We can try modern ideas by drawing with colours.  I have shared one such design here . One more 11 dots sikku kolam for Margali kolam ...