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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...

Hridaya kamalam - Lotus kolam for Friday

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Hridaya kamala kolam - a dots kolam for Friday for Puja room The rangoli after completion with just white rangoli powder. Usually, it is drawn this way with a kaavi (red) border. Usually drawn in white with kaavi border, I have used colours for the sequence and also have another picture with colours filled to give an idea for those who wish to learn this kolam  ( also called Lakshmi muggu ) how the petals are formed. This is the famous Hridaya kamalam. Lotus is used widely in rangolis and in auspicious rangolis too. This lotus design is a revered rangoli.   This rangoli and hase rangoli are considered to be very auspicious and hence considered to be Godess Laksmi's favourites.  This is meant only for  pooja  rooms and is not recommended for doorways, entrances.  The following images show the first three steps in drawing this lotus rangoli.  The first image shows the first step after the dot pattern.  The second image shows the continuity i...