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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.   ...

Big 16 dots sikku kolam for Pongal

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 Margazhi , New Year, Bhogi .Pongal and also Kanum Pongal - a month of celebrations with bhajans, music in Sabhas , special Pooja in temples.   The main attraction for this month long festivities are big , beautiful and colourful kolam designs at the entrances of many homes. This post is about a beautiful and traditional sikku kolam ( some call it chikku kolam ). Others call it neli kolam or kambi kolam.  The following pictures show the step by step procedure to  draw a wonderful kolam which will leave your neighbours and passersby awestruck.  The video for this rangoli was viral on my Facebook and Instagram Pages. By the way all my Pages are called Rangolisansdots.  You may think that the name Rangolisansdots is not suitable for sikku kolam. For those who are visiting the first time, I started in 2012 , primarily with rangoli designs without dots , particularly double line kolangal.  Hence the name :) The dot pattern for this awesome traditiona...