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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...
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2 line rangoli designs for Diwali

 How to draw 2-line rangoli 
Pick two pinches of while kola podi with index finger and central finger, push both with the thumb such that the powder falls between the middle finger and index finger (first line) and outside the index finger (second line).
The lines should be discrete and should not smudge as can be seen from the images.
Simple rangoli designs without dots for Dhanteras too.  The rangolis are simple but the technique of drawing parallel lines comes with practice.  What better occasion that the festival of lights to try something special 
Green glass and gold bangles combination worn by me has become popular on social media, it appears.
" I like your karakamalam with green and gold bangles "
Rarely, when I changed the glass bangles with those of a different colour "This is not Sudha Ma'am's hand?"  
It is our family tradition to wear green glass bangles.  On rare occasions I used to change them with red glass bangles but after the affection showered on me for my trademark bangles, I wear only green ones.
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Special rangoli without chukki for Dasara festival.  I have shared only the white kolam  add kaavi or colours
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It is easy to add colours. For this type too many or too much colour may obscure the main white rangoli. So minimum rangoli colours is the requirement. 
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I have shared a wide range of traditional rangoli as videos on social media. I had the advantage of learning from my mother, my elder sisters and also my grandmother.  Knowledge of the earlier generations was rarely documented.  So, I share what I remember from my memory of my childhood.  I also pester my elder sisters to recollect from their interactions with our mother.  The result is the hundreds of designs uploaded so far.  I came to know that there are many who have had gained from the knowledge of their elders but since it was documented were desperately searching on the internet

The advent of the internet and cheap data in India is a great boon for those who want to get back to their roots, their traditions and customs.  I can empathise with those who comment "Oh! I was looking for this channel only, rangoli celebrations start from today" "My grandmother taught me this kolam, I forgot about it thanks for reminding me" What I share is only a fraction of what my mother knew because I too am trying to recollect. Most of the times kolam were drawn on a piece of paper which was discarded letter.  For me, they are treasures misplaced.  A related question on YouTube was "please share the rangoli designs that are to be drawn from the first day of Dipavali as stated in the scriptures" I have to accept that I do not know. That is the problem with undocumented knowledge. I read somewhere that the Vedas were handed over from generation by chanting with proper pronunciation since books are susceptible to impermanence. 


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