Draw this traditional rangoli for festival Puja. The beauty of this kolam is that the lines are drawn just outside the dots, curved lines that is.
So, when the muggu is completed, we can see a beautiful pattern of dots. This design too belongs to the lotus kolam variety.
Apart from Diwali we can draw in the Pooja room for Friday and auspicious festivals like Dasara/
Rangoli tips - first place the dots in a circle. Four dots for on four sides i.e. top, below, left and right.
Then place three equidistant dots between any two dots on all four sides. This method will ensure that we get a near perfect circle and also the gaps are equal when viewed radially.
For dot grid with dots in eight directions, one dot in the gaps will be sufficient. Now extend the dot pattern radially in sixteen directions.
The number of dots so extended, depends upon the size of the rangoli we are planning to draw.
Initially, this post will have two rangoli examples with steps for ease of understanding. When I try the same design with a bigger dot grid, maybe I will update in the future.
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| Rangoli dot patterns pictures |
Place 4 dots in 16 directions as shown in the picture above. The illustration demonstrates only 4 dots in 16 directions. I have not tried 5 or 6 bindu etc. and hence I am not aware of the result. Whenever I find time (I am otherwise busy with by daily chores, daily Pooja, flower stringing, mehndi paste making, you may consider me a Jack of all trades and to state the obvious no one can be claim to be master in any field, because as Avvaiyar a Tamil poet says - the knowledge we have acquired is equivalent to a handful of sand, the knowledge we still have to acquire is the size of the world). I will try and share the result if the outcome is reasonable.
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| How to draw rangoli with dots step by step pics |
From the inner most dot draw lines outside dots as shown
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| How to make rangoli with dots step 2 picture |
Using the inner most dots connect the edges of the lines. A different type of chukki rangoli
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| How to put rangoli with dots step 3 image |
Decorate with kaavi ( geru ). Draw
Feet of Goddess Lakshmi welcoming Her inside. Also, we can imagine that the Feet represent Lakshmi Maa who is standing in the kolam making it more auspicious.
If you are looking for rangoli for Pooja ghar you can try this. Decorating it with this design the Puja ghar or mandir should give positive vibes.
This category of rangoli designs with dots with s circular dot grid expanding radially can be used to create beautiful patterns. Some of them are commonly used and have been handed over from one generation to the next.
A few have been created by me or modified /improved (in my opinion) or shall I say extensions or decorations added to the original pattern according to my imagination.
Such traditional patterns are a feast to the eyes and with minimum colours with skill and dexterity only coming into play. I think you will agree.
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| Rangoli dot pattern pictures 2 |
Place the circular dot grid by placing dots in four directions then placing dots between any two and finally adding two more between any two.
This will ensure that we will get a near uniform dot grid such that the angles from the centre to all the dots is almost uniform - as humanly as possible without the aids like a a protractor.
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| How to make rangoli designs with dots photo 3 |
Next image shows how the lines are drawn among the dots without touching them. Two sets are drawn as shown.
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| Diwali rangoli designs with dots simple |
Complete with Goddess Lakshmi Feet, fill the design with a few colours. Diwali decoration for
Laxmi Pujan is ready.
Nostalgia
Diwali is most enjoyable when you are young (which you discover as you grow older). When all the siblings are young, it is fun celebrating the festival with your brothers and sisters.
Wearing new clothes and fighting for our share of crackers, eating sweets and karam made at our home, given by our neighbours, relatives - wow, it was real fun. All the sweets and karam needed Deepavali Marundhu made from dry ginger, ghee etc to ease digestion.
As the siblings move away either for education or due to marriage meeting them for Deepavali is easy only if they are in the same city. Sisters come for Thalai Deepavali (the first Deepavali after marriage) along with husband and sometimes in-laws.
Later, celebrating Diwali with our children is as enjoyable as it was when we were young.
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