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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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Yanai kolam enugu muggulu for Sankranthi

 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

I presume that someone who comes in search of grand kolam may have a long experience in drawing rangoli the traditional way.  So, the steps are in the reverse order :)

I have shown only the white muggu.  We can add colour as we please.  That is the liberty we have in kolam art.

 Elephants need not be grey; they can be filled with any bright colour.

If you are looking for chukki rangoli big size, big pulli kolam designs with steps or big dot rangoli designs you may like it. 

 This is a common big kolam and so many may be aware of it.

 It is for those who want to learn and for others who want to revive nostalgic memories of their childhood when they drew this for Pongal or Bhogi.

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Big muggulu for festivals step by step 

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One more step for this Sankranthi big muggulu

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One of the biggest muggulu designs with dots step by step through images

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Big muggulu with dots can also be drawn for Diwali , if we want to try traditional rangoli designs 

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The first step in this enugu muggu

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While I am comfortable drawing on any surface be it cement floor, tiles or mud floor (it was mud floor in our hometown where I learnt my kolam from my mother and elder sisters).

I prefer to draw only on the black granite slab that I purchased exclusively for my rangoli videos and images because the white pattern is clear in the black background. 

This information I had to share because there were a few, in fact one or two comments on why I choose this background only. 

After drawing the elephants what patterns can emerge from the remaining dots.  It is left to our imagination. 

 There is something called poetic licence.  Just like poets have the freedom to depart from conventional rules for the purpose of meter etc.  we can also take the liberty of drawing designs according to our imagination

However, generally it is advisable to choose something that is in agreement with the main rangoli.  For example, if space is available, we can try sugarcane at the centre. 

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