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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

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 with two inverted triangles.   ...

Beautiful rose rangoli Diwali decoration

 How to draw a rose kolam with dots ( 15 to 8  chukki rangoli  ) - Rose kolam with a 15 to 8 dot pattern is one of the most common rangoli that is drawn quite frequently for special occasions or for festivals like Diwali or Dhanteras.

Start at the centre.  The image above shows how to proceed.  You will observe from the images that I do not draw the pattern with a piece of chalk before drawing with rangoli powder. 

This is the preferable method of practising such complicated patterns. An intermediate step for the rose flower muggulu with dots.

Rangoli tip - When we draw such big designs and sprinkle colours it is possible that they will spill on the rangoli. 

 While we should do carefully, do not worry if it happens.  After filling the colours once again draw the entire design with white rangoli .  

This will take care of the spilt colours and also enhance the beauty of the main design.  Of course, what we need is patience.  

If you changed your mind and would like to try a lotus kolam with dots for festivals  it is available in Rangolisansdots 

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We may not get the designs according to our satisfaction if we draw directly without tracing the pattern but with practice, we will get closer to perfection. 

 The next pic shows how the roses are drawn using the remaining dots.  The picture below shows the rose rangoli with dots without colours.  

Rose kolam rangoli without colours 

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We can fill colours according to our imagination.  I have given an idea in the photo below for the rose kolam with 15 dots 
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Rose kolam with a 15 to 8 dot pattern is one of the most common rangoli that is drawn quite frequently for special occasions or for festivals like Diwali. 

 If you are looking for a design for a traditional for rangoli competition, I think this may fit the bill along with the hundreds of big rangolis available on this website.  The dot pattern 15 to 8 is with interlaced dots.  competitions. 

 The dot pattern is 15 to 8 idukku pulli.    The 6 roses may be drawn as shown in the pic.  The central design and the remaining dots can be connected with designs according to our imagination.

Kolam tip - for entrances of flats or apartments, where the entrances face each other space available may be less.  It is preferable to use a closely packed dot grid for big kolam.