Dot rangoli for Varamahalakshmi festival

One of the biggest and auspicious festivals of India , Varamahalakshmi Pooja is celebrated in Sravan month.  

We need lots of rangolis to decorate the mantap, in front of and around the mantap and of course the entrance of our homes.

 We may be comfortable with free hand or rangoli designs with dots.  This post is for those who prefer simple dot rangoli for decoration.  

Let us remember that kaavi decoration of the kolam or muggulu is mandatory for festivals 

All the white rangoli designs with dots shown as examples in this post, have one intermediate post.

 While watching videos it may be easy to follow or watch it again if there are doubts or if the method is still not clear.

However, in the case of images, it is not possible.  So, I try to choose an image that is most likely to make it clear as to how to draw the rangoli.  It must cover the previous steps in one picture. 

We can upload videos or video links here but that will make the post "heavy" according to the search engines algorithm and they usually frown upon the practice though the facility is there.

So, I avoid it and may have used it very rarely. 

1) How to draw this rangoli with dots - pic showing one of the steps 

Simple kolam becomes awesome with shading

The dot pattern is 7 by 4 for the rangoli in the above images.  Instead of shading with white we can add colours too.  

Simple rangoli becomes beautiful with shading and with use of dots 

The rangoli above is with 8 by 8 dots pattern.  The design below is with 6 dots 4 rows and then 4 dots one row on either side 

Patterns, motifs make a simple muggu , awesome 

Three different types of chukki rangoli designs with steps for your reference