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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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30 days 30 kolam 3 set 10 images

 Two kolams similar yet different in the images shown below. The flower design at the centre is the same. 

There are some differences in the motifs/patterns use on the periphery. First rangoli one cement floor Demo of two different simple colouring ideas are also shown.  The second rangoli on cement floor. 

Two more sets of kolam ideas, 10 in each post are available in 10 simple rangoli designs and 10 easy muggulu images 

Many kolam in Rangoli-sans-dots are drawn without any preparation. Very few finishing touches are given. All are of the 'no frills' type. 

The idea is to get an image as one would when she/he draws on the floor. I felt that this method would ensure that the images uploaded are congruous with or closer to our real life. 

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3rd and 4th rangoli on black floor

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A plain white version of a colourful design using paisleys.  The smaller patterns are like sting rays says may daughter.  The kolam below uses small and big lotus or thamarai designs 

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Next an idea for rangoli on steps 

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The tails of the peacocks are converted into a lotus (above). 
 The kolam below is beautiful but a bit tricky.  

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The picture shows a kolam  on floor idea 

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The rangoli above was created by me for Facebook.  Star is a commonly used base.  Draw this free hand kolam and decorate with kaavi for Friday. 

The next one is very simple, and I think the image is self-explanatory

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Easy kolam with dots 

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Two dot kolam ,  the picture above shows a 4 by 4 dots design and the photo below a simple 9 by 5 rangoli with geometric shapes as the main patterns

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Sometimes I remember dialogues from movies related to drawing kolam.  One such dialogue is in the old Tamil movie Agathiyar (I hope my memory serves me right). The sage Agathiyar or Agastya will be challenged for a singing competition. 

The competitor says that he is an exponent of Mohana ragam e The sage replies manolaya (total mental absorption in the object concentrated upon) is more important.  This term I think is related to meditation.

Drawing kolam is also a sort of meditation and we should be completely immersed in the art, every time.  Fortunately, by the grace of God, I still enjoy this art after so many decades

In this connection, I remember a comment on YouTube by a follower.  She said that she tried my design, the outcome was not to her expectation, but she found the process of drawing it to be relaxing and made her happy too. 

Kolam means beauty in symmetry, ezhil kolam means a beautiful beauty in symmetry!!

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