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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...

Chikka rangoli galu daily purpose kolam

 As discussed already for free hand kolam or rangoli sky is the limit for our imagination we can expand the rangoli so long as there is space for drawing the design.

I have shared a gallery of 3 small rangoli designs for our daily rangoli.  Though they are small they may be tricky at a couple of places

If you are looking for chinna muggulu without dots or without chukki rangoli for your reference to draw quickly 

in the morning, this collection of white rangoli may be drawn in a notebook so that you can access it easily without any delay.

Note the similarity between the first and second design.  The second design is almost an expansion of the first with few changes.

Star and floral patterns at the centre are one of the easiest ways to start drawing a rangoli while leaves, petals are used to expand 

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Free hand small very easy rangoli

Without chukki rangoli ideas through images 
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very small free hand rangoli 

rangoli without chukki , white design black background

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freehand small rangoli design safed wali

For those who are landing on this post for the first time, I am Sudha Balaji.  I am sharing rangoli images and videos on social media since 2012.  This blog was started in 2012.  There is a huge collection of pictures, some showing intermediate steps for the rangolis.  Later I started video channels on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Do visit these channels also.  You can search for "Sudha Balaji rangoli " on Google. I think you will get all the links. You can also go through my blog to learn how to string flowers, how to celebrate festivals and to make a few recipes and naivedyam. 

 For my kolam designs, I use rangoli powder and rice flour in the ratio 3:1 respectively both mixed thoroughly after sieving the powder to remove coarse particles.  This mixture gives us the qualities of both - brightness and texture.  

Coming back to rangoli, the picture below shows a simple pattern drawn only with lines.  Drawing the second lines parallel to close to the first lines may be challenging.  Please try,

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White line rangoli design

After a small muggulu with lines, the image shows how to create a circular chikka rangoli. If we are in a hurry, we can draw only the central purpose for our daily purpose kolangal.

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Simple and small rangoli art drawing

I was probably the first to share kolam images of the type drawn in Southern of India and videos on social media, now there are hundreds of channels on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram sharing their knowledge of kolam art.  A few have messaged me that I have inspired them.  I am happy about the art and for viewers because now there is a wealth of information available on the internet on this art.  Having said that I do not visit other channels unless I get some suggested videos on social media.  This is because, I do not want to get influenced by others' techniques and imagination.  I feel that it may hinder my line of thinking.  It is my humble opinion; I may be right or wrong.  However, the viewers have more choice, variety, types. I would like to add that when I go to temples, I observe the kolangal drawn on the floor with avid interest. 

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