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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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Karthigai Deepam kolam with dots

Place 3 dots in eight directions.  Draw three lines of decreasing length as shown.  We can draw a bigger version of the kolam also.  The step-by-step images are self-explanatory.  Draw diya or lamp patterns because like Diwali Karthigai Deepam is also a festival of  lights

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Chukki rangoli designs for Pooja room
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The size of the  rangoli design is  based on the number of lines and dots we use 
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This is a small kolam, I have shared bigger versions too

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The patterns at the top can be changed depending upon the festival.  For Karthigai Deepam I have added deepalu or deepa designs.  For Varalakshmi Pooja we can add lotus motifs.  

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If you are looking for deepa rangoli designs with dots, vilakku kolam with dots or diya rangoli designs for Diwali Lakshmi Pooja this traditional kolam may be suitable. 

There is a popular kolam for Pooja room usually drawn on Friday along with Aishwarya kolam and Hridaya kamalam.  My sister draws all the three for Friday Puja.  That rangoli has 5 dots on eight sides with 5 lines of increasing length (when viewed from outside to inside). 

 I understood that a few found it somewhat difficult and hence I created this pattern with 3 dots in eight directions and three lines of increasing lengths.  I am happy with the result.  

Many persons (including me) are comfortable with combinations of 2 and 4 lines, So I have added an extra small line below the lamp patterns so that we get sets of four lines on all eight sides. 

Another advantage is that this kolam is more compact than the original one and hence we should be able to accommodate easily in Pooja mandirs. 

 Nowadays with a lot of constraints for space particularly in cities a separate Puja room is a premium.  Readymade Puja mandirs are used in one of the rooms. So we may have to draw on one of the shelves of the mandir.

If you are looking for a Diwali jhoti rangoli simple I think this beautiful traditional pattern may be suitable.  Try it with white powder or directly with colours 

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