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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...

Varalakshmi Vratham and Navarathri kolam ideas

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An update for Varalakshmi Pooja 2023,  a simple geethala muggu I created has been added We celebrate Navratri for nine days or rather nine nights, hence the name Navratri.   Starting with the first day apart from various decorations we do for the kolu with craft and art,   tradition has it that we draw a new kolam for the kolu every day. Till Dasara or Dusshera or Vijayadasami the celebrations are on. My mother taught us that Navratri golu (or kolu ) is to be given the importance we give for Pooja room.  So, the place before the golu is cleaned every day and new kolam is drawn for decoration every day.  Invariably a small padi kolam is drawn because the kolu itself occupies lot of space.  Navarathri golu kolam | Special padi kolam Varalakshmi Vratham 2018 | special kolam | 4 line rangoli  S pecial functions and festivals demand special kolam.   This traditional rangoli with line of symmetry demand some skill in drawing the series of c...