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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...

Simple chukki rangoli for Ugadi festival

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Easy ideas for festival decoration.  Kavi (ochre ) is usually used for festivals.  Add it as a border or fill in the rangoli  I am active on important social media like Instagram, Facebook and YouTube You can do a Google search for "Sudha Balaji " or "Rangolisansdots" for finding various profiles of mine on different social media platforms for videos and reels.   However, I have been active on this blog (website) sharing pics of rangolis, some of them with step-by-step pictures. I started this blog on Blogger before venturing into other platforms, so there is a sentimental attachment.   Of course, it is quite popular too with millions of views and consequently, I regularly share here too.  Dot pattern for the rangoli in the images given below - 7 dots 3 rows, 3 dots 2 rows  One of the best chukki rangoli in white  I simply loved this design that I created. Here it is shown in two steps. There is peace and tranquillity when I draw a kol...

Ugadi chukkala muggulu easy birds rangoli

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Few simple and small muggulu with chukkalu for the festival.  We can decorate with kaavi as we do for most festivals and functions.  Obviously such small rangolis can be drawn without dots also. The theme for this post is birds ( Pakshi ) Small chukkala muggulu easy The first muggu is using 5 by 3 dots pattern. Earlier I remembered to have drawn this rangoli directly with colours.  Now I am sharing the white muggu with colour shading for those who may have missed the earlier post on this rangoli website. small chukkala muggulu with colours The next muggu is with 6 by 6 chukkalu. Looks can be deceiving, maybe.  The rangoli image in the first illustration below appears to lead to a very easy muggu.  The second image after completion shows that beautiful birds muggulu small and easy can be drawn only if all the birds, eight of them are drawn to near perfect shape. Since space for tails of a pair of birds is narrow, I have merged them both so that it creates an il...