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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.   ...

Arali poo garland pink oleander flowers

The pictures below show step by step how we can get a beautiful and thick garland using arali flowers.
This method gives a beautiful garland .  It gives me immense pleasure offering it to Goddess when I perform Puja.  
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The first two flowers are tied one above and another below - the usual method of tying .  The next two pictures show how the knot is made

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In this type of garland , the length of the thread we leave on the left determines the length of the garland
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After tying the first two flowers, turn.  Then place one flower so that the stalk is parallel and lies on the thread on the left side
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Thread goes around the stalk and comes to the right side of the flower placed
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Place the next flower to the right of the previous flower so that the stalk is on the thread 

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Again the thread goes around the stalk and comes to the right side

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Continue these steps 
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After completing the garland tie knots using the left and right ends of the threads to secure all the flowers.
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If you want information on 
a) Karaveera  flower mala or ganera flower garland,  you can observe the pictures for this beautiful method. 

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