8 pulli 8 varisai pulli vacha poo kolam The dot pattern is 8 by 8 square dots Quite a simple design.  Draw the flower patterns at the four corners.  Connect them with pairs of curved lines as shown in one of the pics.  Fill will colours or shade with white 

 This is a very simple design with not frills and with only lotus patterns.  Draw on Sukravaram with kaavi powder for decoration , it will look divine . The pictures should help learn the steps quickly.  

Though the dot pattern is relatively big , it is quite a simple rangoli as can be seen from the steps shown through the pictures.  For our festival decoration like Sankranthi, Ugadi and Navaratri During Dhanurmasam there is a tradition of placing kumbalakayi huvvu ( yellow in colour ) on a cow dung ball.  Around this four more are placed.  All are dried and used to boil water for bathing on Rathasapthami !!

Dot pattern is 9 by 5                                             The dot pattern is 9 by 5 placed horizontally.  Actually I wanted to draw a rangoli with 9 by dots placed vertically.   After placing the dots ( probably absent minded ) I realised that I had placed them as a horizontal grid.  So I decided to create a muggu and the result is seen in the images !!

                                               This is a tricky rangoli , hence I have included step by step images also.  If the patterns are drawn at a single stretch , the result will be beautiful without joints in the lines

The dot pattern is 4 dots in 16 directions Draw curved lines outside sets of three dots as shown in the pic After completion of lines in one direction , start drawing the other set of lines .  Connect the 6th line after leaving 5 curved lines .  Continue ..  Draw Lakshmi Padham for Friday Poojai decoration 

  We can create a small and beautiful rangoli when we add patterns inside and outside.  The beauty of drawing rangoli lies in the following - 1) placing the dots with minimum quantity of rangoli powder which ensures that small dots are obtained .  We should not place dots that appear elongated .  Dots should disappear when the pattern appears.  2) Drawing thin lines to connect the dots , the thinner the line more attractive and more the mastery of the art. 3) Adding patterns inside , outside after completing the kolam . This shows our creativity.  Sky is the limit for us imagine and create or add patterns. If you need the steps , they are given in the photos below. The dot grid is 4 by 4 and the dots are placed inclined as shown Actually is a smaller version of a bigger 6-7 dots rangoli.  It resembles a basic celtic knot ,  I think.  Don't know which came first .  Our traditional rangoli designs have been there for hundreds of years or may be a few thousand ( whether any research h