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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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Bhai Dooj rangoli design simple images

 One of my top fans on Facebook shared through her comment that her son around 10 years old has developed an interest in kolam art and is trying out the designs I share in my videos.  I felt elated. 

I am trying to keep in touch with current generations through kolam.  When the next generation also, it is called Gen alpha I am told, shows an interest in this art, I am sure kolam will be safely preserved as it has been for centuries. 

Recently, I have started sharing the photos of  kolam I try at home (as practice, not all of them are shared as videos or on Blogger) as my WhatsApp status.  WhatsApp offers music also. 

 I add Carnatic music or relevant Tamil film songs.  There is a great welcome among my contacts.  They say they are eagerly waiting for my status update. 

 I do it usually between 6 am and 7 am in the morning.  Some of them say it is meditative too. 

I have shared four simple easy rangoli ideas for the festival.  Instead of the usual innovative rangolis with tools that we see, I, belonging to the traditional school of kolam art, have shared traditional kolam with lines and patterns.

Hope you will like them.  Feel free to add a few colours here and there to get unique and different patterns.
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Rangoli tips for those who are visiting the first time - Kolam is drawn with thin lines, thinner the line the more beautiful is the art. To draw thin lines take minimum quantity of rangoli powder, a pinch will do.
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To get bright lines add rice flour to white rangoli powder in the ratio 1:3, one part rice flour for 3 parts of powder. 
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Symmetry is the beauty of this art; it is achieved manually without the use of tools.  I am sure you will agree that the designs shared here have a reasonable magnitude of symmetry. It is aesthetic too
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Recently, my husband and I have been travelling a lot within Tamil Nadu.  Our places of interest are only temples, Divya Desams, Padal Petra Stalam, Subramanya Temples and Amman temples.  Also Brindavans and Adhistanams of Gurus.

After reaching a city like Trichy or Kumbakonam we start early in the morning so that we can cover as many temples as possible.  In Tamil Nadu temples are open between 6 am and 12.30 pm in the morning.

As it is the city or town and its outskirts has a divine atmosphere at 6am, calm, quiet with a cool breeze. In addition to these while travelling by car, watching women draw kolam early in the morning gives a nostalgic feeling and lends more divinity to the atmosphere.

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