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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.   ...
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Navratri simple kolam only images

I have chosen the kolam for 9 days.  You can choose it in any order according to your preference 

For a change instead of step-by-step pics I have shared only the final completed kolams.  Decorate with kaavi and draw for the golu.  We can keep the designs as simple as possible, or we can draw big and complicated designs if we are comfortable with such rangoli.  It is important that we follow the tradition of celebrating Navarathri with kolu , kolam etc.  so, the size of the kolam does not matter.  

 Day 1 - Navratri rangoli simple 

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Day 2 Rangoli for Navarathri small 
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Day 3 of Navarathri kolam for 9 days 

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Day 4 pulli illatha kolam
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          Day 5   without chukki rangoli                      

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Day 6 - birds rangoli 

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Day 7 or for Navarathri Friday , small beautiful padi kolam

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Day 8  of Navaratri kolangal

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Day 9 for Ayudha Pooja or Saraswathi Pooja

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I have shared only the white kolam designs except the one above.  We can add kaavi to denote auspicious festival or add simple colour schemes as demonstrated in the muggu above.  

In our hometown, Omalur we celebrated Navaratri in our home with a lot of joy and grandeur. My elder sister drew beautiful colourful rangoli designs on all nine days during Navaratri festival, my father was a trustee of Sai Samaj.  We had an idol (many years later we handed over the idol to S,ivan Temple in Omalur) of Shridi Sai Baba. Navaratri festival coincides with Sai Baba Aaradhana.  So, it was additional joy for us to celebrate Aaradhana along with Navarathri festival.  The Aaradhana concluded on Vijayadasami.  In the morning, we had Sahasranama Archana.  We brought three or four priests for this.  The naivedyam was Ven Pongal and vadai.  The procession of Sai Baba with all paraphernalia including nadaswaram  was taken out in the streets of the town, in the evening.  Bursting crackers was also done in the procession.  After the procession there was a Sai Baba bhajan in our house for two hours or so.  Twenty to thirty persons participated.   10 kg sakkarai Pongal and 10kg kondaikadalai sundal was made by my mother as offering to Him.  Invariably, a dog came and waited outside during the bhajan on this day and every Thursday (we had bhajans on Thursdays too).  Nowadays we brothers and sisters have settled in various parts of the country.  So, we have bhajan on alternate Thursdays via Google Meet. 

During Navarathri festival, my elder brother performs Kolhapur Mahalakshmi Pooja.  Goddess Face is fixed to a kalasham and a coconut is placed in the kalasam after applying haldi, kumkum.  Flowers that are strung are placed on one side and they resemble a braid, an accessory called kunjalam is tied to the flowers and it is divine. 

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