Kolam by Sudha Balaji

  This is a huge elephant kolam ( excuse the pun !!) with 21 by 1 dots.  One of the favourites for Sankranthi muggulu or Pongal kolam.  It is not very time consuming since the patterns repeat.  Once we know how to draw one of the elephants ( of the herd !!) it is easy to draw the other elephants.  The patterns at the centre and those at the dots remaining at the four corners can be drawn according to our wish.  This is also suitable for New Year rangoli design if you are looking for big kolam

First sikku kolam with 8 pulli Next kolam is also a 8 dots sikku kolam , seems easy but can be a bit tricky and demands lots of concentration like almost all kolangal of this type   After sikku kolangal let us try a regular dot kolam with 8 dots   We all love to draw birds .  The beauty of kolam is that we do not draw them exactly but only a representation.  The way they are presented as birds  depends upon our imagination.  What is more important is that simple designs are sufficient to represent the birds.  As usual add colour to enhance the beauty.  Please use it as a daily kolam or for festivals like New Year , Pongal 

A collection of very simple kolam that we can try for Margali masam.  These small kolangal can be drawn as kolams without dots .   Add colour to get awesome designs. Sikku kolam of various sizes are hugely popular during Dhanurmasam aka Margazhi .  Here I share a beautiful chikku kolam through few pics The dot pattern is 9 dots 2 rows then 7,5,3,1                                                  

 This kolam can also be drawn free hand.  I have used 7 into 1 dot pattern to make it little easy.  When we are looking for small and beautiful rangolis for Dhanurmasam or New Year I think such designs fit the bill.  Of course we can add colours instead of shading with white kola podi.  As a plain white rangoli it can be used for our daily purpose kolangal.

  We may be looking for easy rangoli for Margazhi due to lack of space , the problem faced in cities or because we are drawing kolam for the first time and  would like to join the month long celebrations of Margazhi known for kolams also.  I have shared five simple rangoli .  The 3rd to 5th rangolis are smaller than the previous two.  You may try all for the ensuing season. I will add some more ideas to this collection .  Here is one more of the many images on this website.

A very simple muggu with butterfly and flower patterns.  We can try for Dhanurmasam, New Year or Sankranthi festival  

Sankranthi muggulu | Pongal kolam designs 13 to 7 chukkala rangoli This muggu is with 15 to 8 dots   Two muggulu designs with parrots as theme.  I have added intermediate steps.  Please try for Dhanurmasam , New Year or Sankranthi festival 

The dot grid is placed vertically.  It also comes under the category of sangu kolam or star kolams. Rangoli tip : If you see the second image you will notice that I have joined all the dots with a single straight line with no joints.  If we practice thus , the kolam looks more beautiful.  I have not added colours but patterns with white kola podi.  We can try will colours too for Margali or New Year