There is a tradition to draw a kaavi border around the muggulu designs on Fridays
Talking of auspicious kolam for auspicious occasions, there is a tradition of drawing a muggu with lines (lines rangoli design) for auspicious occasions like weddings, housewarming. I have drawn a simple lines muggu
Though the final picture looks simply, we can go off track while drawing this kolam that is an excellent exercise us and can be challenging also.
These steps are an attempt to simplify drawing this kolam
Drawing parallel lines close to each other is the requirement. (Of course, with powder) and without any aids we can do it as is humanly possible).
Such thin lines are drawn in ezhai kolam - a unique design that has a rangoli or muggu design with patterns formed using many lines.
Ezhai means a single strand of the many strands in a thread or string. So the lines should be as thin as possible. This kolam below may be considered as a basic and simple ezhai kolam.
Small geethala muggu step by step
Drawing thin lines - is the trick for beautiful geethala muggu
Completed rangoli may appear tricky - where it starts or ends may be confusing!
My idea of sharing whatever little knowledge I have in this simple and beautiful art form is to encourage more people to take up this art and draw daily at the entrance of their homes taking a few minutes out of their busy schedules.
Since the designs are not documented in the form of books, I thought it would be easy for the tech savvy persons to access it on social media. We have to wear many hats and juggle with various responsibilities, if should try to spare a few minutes daily,
This pattern belongs to the category of muggulu designs that appear to be endless loops when observed from the top. There are a few more of this category. In fact, some big geethala muggu are a combination of straight and curve lines that appear to be continuous with no beginning. When we draw them as separate elements as shown in the demo above, it is kids play.
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