Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Pinnal kolam images for Margazhi | Pongal  First kolam  with 7 to 1 dots This kolam is quite small and easy and in a couple of steps in the images below This is a beautiful kolam that can be drawn with 5,7,9,11 dots etc.  The bigger the dot pattern the concentration required is more. Here the dot pattern is 5 dots - 3 rows, 4,3,2,1 If rangoli colours are of good quality ( should not be floury ) we can draw the lines directly , to try something unique This kolam has a combination of two fractals.  In the first image we can see the first fractal being used.  The dot pattern is 9 to 1 I get my rangoli colours from Koradi near Nagpur.  Another beautiful kolam . A non standard dot grid is used .  The dot pattern is 9 dots 4 rows then 4 dots - 2 rows then 2 dots one row Add colours and free hand patterns to enhance the beauty This is not a classical pinnal kolam,  a design I created .  The principle is the same,...

7 to 4 dots rangoli kolam for daily purpose  T his collection of pulli kolam simple,  one more set of simple kolam designs for your reference.  I have sharing hundreds of designs to facilitate drawing kolam daily early in the morning. Every day for many of us drawing kolam is like performing Pooja.  When we bend down to create one for the day sometimes, we may not be able create instantaneously due to other distractions or duties but are not willing to settle for some random design that may occur in our minds.  Hence, I am sharing lots of designs so as to make creating simple kolam art easy. Most of them are created by me except common kolam. Steps for this simple birds kolam with dots  The result is a simple and beautiful kolam .  We can also draw it for Navarathri golu , Deepavali or New Year. 7-4 dots vilakku kolam   for entrance of house For those who are looking for deepa chukki rangoli here are the steps for an easy patter...

Small easy padi kolam R elatively small kolam become awesome with addition of so many motifs, fractals, dots make it appear grand. Try for any day of Dussehra or for Vijaya Dasami , this design may symbolically represent victory also.    A simple and cute padi kolam I drew for Varalakshmi Vratham 2020.  If you need to know the steps for this design, go to  t his video link   to watch it on YouTube Many of my rangoli designs have influence of free hand patterns.  After all I learnt from my mother who was an expert in without chukki rangoli designs.   She drew hundreds of muggulu designs on the mud floor as her canvas. Simple small padi kolam  Padi kolam with lotus patterns makes it suitable to be drawn as a Friday rangoli because   Lotus is associated with Goddess Lakshmi  Cute padi kolam One more simple and small design with lotus patterns, again the lotus patterns make it suitable for Vellikizhamai or Navrat...