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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.   ...
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Kubera kolam with dots chukki rangoli

 Another auspicious kolam for Friday | Varamahalakshmi Habba

We can have a grand kolam with kaavi border.  It is also called kubera kolam .  I have shared this kolam in Puja room kolam category. 

 It is drawn in the Puja room or for the golu / kolu for Navratri.  The images below show the steps to draw this kolam.  The dot grid is the same as that used for Hridaya Kamalam kolam. 

Two more important Pooja room rangoli designs are Hrudaya kamalam and Aishwarya kolam You may want to know the steps. 

The beauty of this kolam is enhanced when we draw the straight lines, in a single stretch. Joints are to be avoided.

The lines also should be as thin as practically possible.  Thinner lines come with experience. Also take minimum kola podi.

One of the most beautiful rangoli designs with lines.  If you need the steps they are given, in the reverse order.

Place 5 dots in eight rows around a central dot 

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Straighter the lines more beautiful the rangoli is 
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Draw 5 lines of decreasing length and then connect to the dots as shown in the images 
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It is very painful for me to see rangoli stickers outside houses and in Pooja rooms. Whenever I visit any friends or relatives, I observe whether they draw traditional kolam.  I do not discuss with them or comment.  When I started posting rangoli on social media some professionals advised not to share all my knowledge in this art.  So far as I am concerned, I want to make my little contribution to this art to ensure that the continuity of practising kolam is maintained for generations to come.  Hopefully (with the blessings of Google :)) this website as also my video channels on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram are available for reference.                            
                                 

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