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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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17 pulli kolam chukki rangoli big size

Big kolam with dots for competitions, festivals, functions 

This rangoli or muggulu are suitable for New Year , Sankranti muggulu or Pongal kolam with dots when we draw big and beautiful designs

17 dots kolam designs - birds rangoli designs for competitions

Kolam designs with big dot grid are commonly used during Margazhi  season.  One such common kolam  , my kolam is slightly modified when compared with the original version. 

 The theme is using a pair of birds on all four sides with the remaining dots being used up with some simple patterns like flowers, leaves.

I have retained the original birds but have modified the other patterns.  We can also have nestlings too in this kolam.  The dot grid is 17 to 1.

17 dots kolam designs - birds rangoli designs for competitions step by step with a few images, it is simple with repetitive patterns 

on all four sides and as usual the remaining dots 

If you are looking for 17 dots rangoli kolam , 17 to 1 dots rangoli, 17 pulli kolam images or big chukki rangoli , this design may be the one you are searching. 

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17 pulli kolam with dots how to start
Step by step images for the design - one of the benefits of kolam for me has been that its impermanence has resulted in a healthy and strong ego that helps me persevere through many obstacles. It has also taught me patience and tolerance It is natural that we get these qualities if we consider such big rangoli kolam designs with colours.  If we factor in the time and effort one has to take to draw them knowing fully well that it is not a permanent work of art these characteristics become second nature.
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birds chukkala muggulu

Big chukki rangoli designs with colours for Navratri or Sankranti 
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birds rangoli designs for competition

The beauty of this art is that it is handed over from generation to generation, I learnt from my mother and she in turn learnt from her mother.  Consequently, no one knows who created these designs, particularly pulli kolam.  While free hand rangoli designs depend upon our creativity (in fact, many a time I change the design while drawing).  Pulli kolam can be standardised because there is a restriction due to the dot grid.  So, someone created these designs and has been handed over to us by our elders.  Having said that, I have created quite a few chukki rangolis.  Also, we can add our creativity for pulli kolam by adding motifs in and around the main kolam.

Book mark this post if you want to try a special and bigdesign for Navratri chukki rangoli or Dasara chukkala muggulu.

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