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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...

Jivathi Pooja Shravan Shukravar Puja

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An important festival celebrated Sravan month for the welfare of children is Jivthi Puja or Jivathi Pooja  Festival - Jeevthi Pooja in Sravan Sukruvar This Pooja is performed mainly in Western India in Maharastra. Jeevathi literally means life.  Since She gives life She is worshipped on all Fridays of Sravan month.  Pictures of Jeevathi are available.  Pooja is performed by decorating with garlands made from cotton and from betel leaves.  While the betel leaf garland is changed the cotton garlands are added one above the other every week. How to make a traditional cotton garland | kapus vastra  The images below give the steps for making this vastra.  Why do we use a cotton garland for images of Gods.  In temples we would have observed that the deity has a vastra or cloth adorning Him or Her.  At home , symbolically we represent a vastra or new cloth decorating the image of God.  This is a simple and practical way of performing "va...