Kolam by Sudha Balaji

  The rangoli image below shows how we can use spirals to create small and easy designs .   The image below shows how we can use different motifs to get beautiful rangolis for Navaratri.   I am sharing five of them.   All are unique in their own way.     1) Dasara rangoli designs simple 2) Dasara rangoli designs simple with colours  The next rangoli in the pic below demonstrates how by using one colour, pink we can get awesome rangoli for our festival decoration of Navratri golu or kolu as we call it.  3) Navaratri rangoli beautiful pink design The use of paisley like patterns is a common method of drawing kolam .  Some times we may run short of time of imagination.  Then we can start or create with common designs like, paisleys, flowers, leaves etc.  After all nature offers us all the patterns and designs and we do not have to worry about copyright issues :) 4) Simple without chukki rangoli for festival Now thi...

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...

Diwali special rangoli with innovative rangoli making techniques Getting perfect symmetry and geometry   in traditional methods of making rangoli is not easy for beginners so we can try the use of aids - with whatever is available in the house particularly the kitchen (!) to draw beautiful rangoli designs.   Here I have drawn the circular rangoli at the centre with a plastic plate .  After filling with white using the chakli template I placed star like patterns inside the white circle Then place some dots of the same colour also inside the circle.   Using  another chakli template place patterns filled with dots as shown in one of the images.  Along the circumference place orange and blue bullets  and press them gently with the index finger.   Then in the periphery draw floral patterns with cotton bud technique.  The result is the best rangoli design we can get in the shortest possible time for Diwali decoration. rangoli d...

Navratri is one of the most important festivals celebrated for nine days , the tenth day being celebrated as Vijayadasami or Dusshera.  Different states of India celebrate it in different ways.  So I would like share how we celebrate the festival in Tamil Nadu.  Probably Andhra Pradesh and  Karnataka also have similar celebrations of the festival.  This post has been updated for Navratri 2016. Navratri 2016 dates are - Navratri starts on 1st of October the day after the new moon.                             Why do we keep Navratri golu Mythology has it that it is celebrated for the victory of Goddess Shakthi over evil. She became victorious on the tenth day and hence this day is celebrated as Vijayadasami and hence the belief that any auspicious deed commenced on this day will be successful.  That is why we find the advertisements Vijayadasami admission in schools and some private ...