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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...

Simple rangoli for Puja / Pooja kolam

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Golu alankaram or decoration with kolam for Navratri till Dasara or as a Pooja room rangoli These rangoli or kolam are for pooja mantaps or pooja enclosures. The design can be drawn with borders    Modifications to suit individual family customs may be done.   Most of them are simple, free hand, padi kolams or rangoli with dots. .  This belief helps me develop positive thoughts when I draw them and hence I use them invariably in Puja rooms.  Aishwarya kolam, kubera kolam, Hridaya kamala kolam are part of this group of auspicious rangolis. Pooja rooms or enclosures or mantap require simple and/or auspicious rangolis.  There are some rangoli that are there for a long time (decades or centuries, I do not know) which are specifically meant for Pooja rooms, Tulsi plant (called Tulsi maadam) and  Fridays . The following are some of the rangolis that belong to this category While there are many options in Rangolisansdots for kolam I would like to share ...