We can draw beautiful , colourful kolam with 7 by 7 dots.  One example is shown in this blog post The pictures below show the steps  I created this kolam , few years back for blog and YouTube,  sharing a new set of pictures because it may be difficult to find among the hundreds of or it thousand plus +  kolangal in this blog !!

The dot pattern is 9,10,11,12 then 3, 2,1 dots.  This is a smaller version of a bigger muggu.  Hope the pics showing the steps are clear to draw it for the festival

Dot pattern is 6 by 6  This is an easy method to create a muggu.  Using these repeated patterns we can create many designs.  I will share more ideas .  After drawing these , we can decorate with motifs and colours to make it beautiful .  We can draw for festivals  like Sankranthi or Ugadi or use for our daily purpose muggulu without colour. 

  Dot pattern is 7 to 1  This is a simple but awesome kolam with 7 to 1 pulli.  The pics should be helpful for learners to try this kolam.  We can use it for our vasal kolangal or as part of our festival decoration 

5 by 5 dots  The step by step images show how a simple dot rangoli can be made very beautiful by adding patterns in the gaps.  This is one of the main aspects - try to have minimum space , fill with patterns - only thing is that all patterns should match each other - should be congruous 

Dot pattern is 5 by 5   We can create beautiful rangolis with small dot grids .  The step by step images show how to do it.  We can draw them for our daily rangoli or for festivals like Sankranthi or Ugadi if we are looking for small designs

 Free hand rangoli are beautiful in their own way.  We can let our imagination run riot while creating them.  We can finish our daily kolam in a jiffy if we can create these type.  While imagination is the limitation , we should ensure that all the patterns used are in agreement with one another. 

Dot pattern 6 by 6  Using a small dot grid like 6 by 6 we can create a muggu with Pongal pot, sugarcane as shown in the photo above.  I have added step by step images also to make it easy to understand.  Add colours and designs on the pot.  We can draw the Sun also above the pot to complete the concept of the festival.  A small and beautiful muggu for the festival decoration

The chukkalu are 6,4,4,6 and then 2 extra chukkalu at four corners. Tradtional muggulu are very easy and beautiful.  This design can be drawn independently or combined with four to make a big size design for Bhogi panduga.  I have shown the free hand patterns with white powder .  We can use colours to make a unique rangoli with white and colour combination.

The star dot pattern is drawn using 9 to 13 dots and 4,3,2,1 dots on either side Star dot pattern chukki rangoli for Sankranthi and Bhogi Beautiful sangu kolam design for festivals like Pongal, step by step Connect the dots with a single curved line to get the best effect in the muggu Sangu kolam can also be drawn on Saturdays particular during Purattasi   For festivals like Bhogi , Sankranthi ( Pongal ) and also for Ekadasi.  This is a smaller version of a bigger muggu with 19 dots.  Add bright colours when drawing for festivals and kaavi border for Ekadasi .  It is a combination of three big and three small shankam.  One of the comments on Facebook for one my videos was "This is should be taught in schools .  Children will never leave classes".  I wonder why this simple art is not being taught in kids.  At least to my knowledge it is not part of the extra curricular activities.