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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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Chariot sikku kolam for Pongal festival

The dot pattern is 11 ,9 and 7 each 2 rowsand 7, 5 and 3 dots - each 2 rows at the top with extra two dots.  This can also be called as ther kolam for Pongal or melikala ratham muggulu. These rangoli designs are also popular for Ratha Saptami apart from Sankranti festival.  Both festivals are celebrated for Sun God .

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The plantain trees which are used for auspicious occasions are shown with sikku kolam patterns 
 
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Flags or pennants are part of the decoration.  Sorry I have shared the images as drawn , so the view may be from the other side .  I hope it is not difficult to understand

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Decorate with kaavi after completion.  We can draw for Ratha Sapthami also 

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