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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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Simple chariot kolam with dots Pongal

Easy ratham muggulu for Sankranthi or Ratha Saptami , simple ther kolam for Rathasapthami - if you looking for these ideas and have come to this website, I think you may like the rangoli I have shared.  After placing the dots, using simple repetitive designs  we can create beautiful chariot  rangoli .  

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The dot patttern is 9 and 5 dots 2 rows, 9,7 and 5 dots - 2 rows as shown with extra pairs of dots connecting both the dot grids

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See the images for the steps 
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Decorate with pennant ( flag ), Sun ( yes it is His festival ) , plantain trees 
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 We can draw for Sankranthi or Ratha saptami.  Decorate with kaavi .  Only one wheel is visible in the side view.  It is also believed that since Sun travels slowly , 365 days to come back to the same place again , one wheel is draw to represent  slowness in  the orbit .  The chariot is created with simple repetitive patterns.  

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