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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

30+ rangoli kolam simple designs  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 w...
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Pulli vacha kolam poduvathu eppadi

 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 colour or shade with white 

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Only shading and lines for this chukki rangoli design
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Idea is to fill the spaces as much as possible.
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One of the simplest chukkala muggulu for daily purpose rangoli
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There are mainly two types of kolam with dots - where are the dots are connected by patterns usually repeated to get a symmetrical design or sikku kolam wherein the lines are drawn around the dots without touching them. 

 In the former type it is a good practice to connect all the dots so that there is symmetry - unilateral or bilateral.  Do not leave any dots.  Use them also to draw some designs that match the remaining part of the kolam.

 If you see in the images shown above some dots remain inside the petals.  However, they match the main pattern and can be left as it is, or we can add some more flour to enhance the dots as shown in the completed design at the top. 

Now let us take an example where lines are drawn around the dot grid. 

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This type of rangoli where the pattern is drawn on all sides of a square is called kulam kolam or pond design since it resembles a temple pond wherein steps on four sides lead to the water in the middle. 

The dot grid is 5 to 1 on all four sides.  Draw the square using the 5-dot row.  Then draw the connecting lines outside the remaining dot grid. The single dot is used by drawing spiral patterns. 

 In the open space at the middle draw some relevant patterns. The lines can also be slightly curved as shown to give a unique appearance. 

Similarly, there are hundreds of sikku kolangal that have been created and are available on the internet.  If we want to create our own designs we should follow these rules - there should be symmetry, lines should not touch the dots, and no dots should be left unused. Whenever we have time, we should also try to create some of our home, I have tried a few and it is interesting and challenging.  

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