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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

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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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Easy muggulu with 11 chukkalu

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The dot pattern is 11 by 6 . The images show the steps for the rangoli. Connect the dots with straight lines. Add patterns as shown in the above pic . The rangoli is ready .

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Kolam art

All countries have traditional art forms for creating pretty patterns. They have made our world more beautiful through their contributions to the "collage of arts " One of the elements of this collage is the Indian art- RANGOLI or KOLAM

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Easy rangoli for beginners 2

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Pulli kolam designs

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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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Rangoli with dots 7 pulli kolam

This collection of rangoli designs / muggulu designs also for n ice and easy Diwali rangoli designs with 7 dots are suitable if you are looking for simple patterns or designs for learning, for festivals and occasions. The pulli (vecha ) kolam details are shown through intermediate steps for learning and reference. 7 pulli simple kambi kolam - If the rangoli colours quality is good we can draw using them also instead of white kolamaavu as is evident from the design below 7 pulli 7 varisai kolam A very easy kolam shown below. The patterns at the corners are one of my favourites, beautiful aren't they. Simple 7 dots rangoli kolam through 2 images Why does one need to know or practice many rangolis. Why do we need to combine the many motifs, designs in various combinations to arrive at new designs. Why would one need free hand designs and rangoli with dots. All these questions are answered when we know the philosophy behind the art of r...

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Simple kolam with dots

This post will have Diwali rangoli with 6 dots , 8 dots rangoli , 12 dots kolam, 13 dots rangoli and some non-standard dot patterns Lotus kolam with dots for Margazhi or Pongal - also for Diwali. The lotus rangoli above is with a dot pattern 13 to 1. Draw the simple design at the centre. Add the four lotuses coloured pink on four sides. Connect the remaining dots to use them up as shown. A very beautiful flower rangoli. . In case you want to draw a single lotus free hand version it is given below . Two intermediate steps of the lotus rangoli or kolam are shownin the image above. This lotus design can be drawn for Sankranti muggulu with dots. I would like to post some simple kolam with dots ( or simple chukkala muggulu in Telugu ) because I have received many requests from friends and viewers. Almost all kolam I have drawn for Margazhi month are free hand designs. However, I want to limit th...

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Small rangoli with dots

After rangoli with five dots for Diwali and other festivals , simple kolam with dots this post may have even simpler rangolis. Since we use only four dots these can be termed as very easy rangoli designs with dots . Probably we can try some design with three dots also and that would be mini rangoli designs. Please do not forget to like my Facebook page Rangoli sans dots You have come to the right place if you are looking for easy rangoli with dots , small chukkala muggulu , chukki rangoli easy or small kolam with dots In an earlier post, I wrote that I would limit the number of dots to 5 and not less than that. However after drawing some with 5 dots, I wondered if I could try some rangolis with 4 dots that may be of help to beginners or learners. So this post is for very small rangoli with dots i.e four dots . One of the reasons I have drawn many small rangoli or short rangoli is because I am short of space ! First ver...

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Margazhi kolam collection

Colourful free hand Margazhi kolam for 2012 The next important season after Diwali season for rangolis is of course Margazhi (aka Dhanur masam). It is natural that Rangoli-sans-dots has a few kolangal for this season. It is during this month that we see some of the most beautiful rangolis drawn at the entrance or on the streets (particularly in Tamil Nadu) with most of passers-by having a look at those drawn. They may cast a glance or assess them, look in amazement or in awe. Some stand there for some time trying to learn the method of drawing those rangolis by looking at them. It is common to see ladies standing near a rangoli discussing the dots patterns used or method to be followed for free hand kolams. What needs to be factored in is the climate that is relatively cold and some times misty in the early morning. This does not deter the ladies nor does it dampen their enthusiasm for...

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9 dots or pulli kolangal

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Rangoli borders - doorways kolam

A v ideo which shows some borders including those in this post I've posted here is available in my Channel Rangolisansdots. All are free hand designs, with repetitive or symmetrical patterns as borders usually are. I understand that traditional alpona designs are drawn with rice flour paste and are drawn plain and white. Some of the plain rangoli borders drawn here are similar to alpona designs drawn at the entrance or threshold, may be they can also be used as alpona designs Rangoli borders for entrance for daily rangoli to Diwali rangoli designs This post is for petite kolam that are drawn on the threshold or vaasal padi as we call them Simple flower kolam border Flower designs that too with colours are awesome in rangolis Birds border for rangoli This is a sample of birds can be drawn as border. I have shown three birds and the side view. Colourful border rangoli designs for Diwali This border rangoli design with diya a...

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