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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.   ...

Lines muggulu Sankranthi step by step

 Muggulu with lines are quite popular during festivals and for Fridays.  This geethala muggu is shown in a few steps for easy understanding
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This is one of the most attractive lines kolam muggulu designs that we can try for festivals 
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Can be drawn for Bhogi rangoli.  In Tamil Nadu big rangoli designs are drawn for Kanum Pongal and Mattu Pongal (when Pooja is offered to the bulls and cows)
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Usually dot rangoli are preferred.  We can try straight line kolam designs also for a change.
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One-line rangoli designs or single line rangoli designs of this type are traditional old fashioned rangoli design without chukki.
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These traditional kolam with lines are beautiful in their own way.  Though they appear simple, they can be challenging because we have to draw 4 parallel lines (as humanly possible).  More the symmetry more the beauty.  It is a good practice to draw thin lines, for getting thin lines take minimum quantity of rangoli powder.  This is an important rangoli tip.  
These lines are called ezhai .  Ezhai refers to a single strand of a thread.  We can imagine how thin the lines must be then. 
The next muggu is also a different type that I created recently.  Here are the steps through pics
                                       
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Draw the above curved lines in a single stretch.  This will enhance the beauty of the design
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If you want some ideas for padi kolam for Pongal or just padi rangoli designs these images may kindle your imagination.

To summarise, traditional geethala muggu designs should have a perfect blend of symmetry and geometry which creative patterns sprinkled here and there, all parameters in the right proportion to get the desired result. 

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