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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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Sunday is a day for relaxation.  Monday is obviously the 1st day of the week, so it is natural to have some simple designs, if fact the simplest of simple designs are drawn on Sunday and Monday.   We have a tradition of drawing kolam at the entrance daily and so simple designs are sought for during the weekend and the beginning of the week unless some important festival is celebrated on that day    I am of the opinion that since kolam is an art that is drawn daily at the entrance, the designs should be simple but creative and beautiful. Big, colourful rangoli designs are reserved for special occasions. Even though we draw simple designs we should concentrate on the details and patterns so that a simple design can also be attractive.       Sunday rangoli kolam  An easy and simple rangoli, beautiful also for Sunday when we all want to do things leisurely!   Though there is a concept of kizhamai kolam , I am not aware of it and ...