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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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Very small kolam designs for flats

Two of the constraints that we face at present are time and space. Many live in flats and particularly if the entrances of neighbours 

are very close space to draw our daily rangoli becomes a premium. 

Similarly, time is also a factor in many homes because both husband and wife are office goers.  So, a few very small rangoli designs in this post for our vasal kolangal.

Browse this website for hundreds or thousands (I have lost count!) of simple to difficult rangoli designs and techniques. 

We can have some order for drawing our daily rangoli designs.  For Friday a small padi kolam with kavi . On other days we can draw small rangoli even with 2,3 or four dots with decorations inside and outside 

We can also reserve couple of days for free hand kolam.  I do not draw sikku kolam on Fridays and festivals. 

I prefer to use only kola podi to create kolam at the entrance.  Somehow it gives me a sense of satisfaction 

doing it the traditional way.  Having said that drawing with arisi maavu was traditional before the advent of kola podi.

1) Very small and easy rangoli can be drawn without chukki 

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2) The pic below shows how to draw a deepam kolam with 5 to 1 dots 

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3) Smallest rangoli (in the world! ) but it is popular as an Instagram reel. You never know which video goes viral 
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4) The small bird kolam below uses a 3 by 3 dots.  Shading at the right places should be done 

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5) A very small and easy maavilai (mango leaf) rangoli

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6) Rangoli tip _ Various options for drawing floral designs in rangoli - small pulli illatha kolam

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The next image shows a collection of small small rangolis that we can add to our inventory.  Some of them can be used to decorate the periphery of an already drawn design

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I was discussing kolam art with one of my acquaintances.  She said for her mother kolam is a sort of a prayer.

 Every day after drawing kolam she prayed that God should bless her to receive her children after marriage, take Aarthi and "pour" the Aarthi on the kolam .  The height of positive thinking.  I think such thoughts will pervade our minds when we draw this art with religious fervour.

For the benefit of those who did not understand this concept.  In several parts of India when the newlywed couple come to the house for the first time, songs on Gods and Goddesses are sung (Lakshmi raave ma intiki, Baghyada Lakshmi Baramma are popular songs sung for the bride) taking Aarthi with   turmeric powder and Kumkum are mixed in water on a plate. 

 The mixture of water, turmeric powder and Kumkum which is red is colour is poured on the kolam after the couple enter the house.  One of the reasons this is done is to ward off evil eyes. 

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