Kolam by Sudha Balaji

  Quite a few viewers on social media (Facebook, Blogger) ask me why I have used the name "Rangolisansdots ".   (I have already shared the reason, however for new visitors)- Sans means without in French, I am told.  I started with rangoli without dots.   A white design that can be used for daily purpose I am on social media sharing rangoli designs for eleven years now.  Obviously, there are several requests for designs with dots too. So, I am sharing both types.  However, the name stuck.  It is not possible to change the name.  It leads to several problems with search engines.   They frown upon changing name.   T he freedom with free hand rangoli is that we can decide the size depending upon the space, time and imagination at our disposal. Same rangoli with colours for Diwali festival (also known as Deepavali in southern part of India).  Adding colours to the plain white design can result in creating the most bea...

One of the biggest and auspicious festivals of India , Varamahalakshmi Pooja is celebrated in Sravan month.   We need lots of rangolis to decorate the mantap, in front of and around the mantap and of course the entrance of our homes.  We may be comfortable with free hand or rangoli designs with dots.  This post is for those who prefer simple dot rangoli for decoration.   Let us remember that kaavi decoration of the kolam or muggulu is mandatory for festivals  All the white rangoli designs with dots shown as examples in this post, have one intermediate post.  While watching videos it may be easy to follow or watch it again if there are doubts or if the method is still not clear. However, in the case of images, it is not possible.  So, I try to choose an image that is most likely to make it clear as to how to draw the rangoli.  It must cover the previous steps in one picture.  We can upload videos or video links here but that will ma...

This is a collection of simple rangoli designs for Aadi masam.   It usually falls between July 15 and August 15.  Auspicious occasions like housewarming, weddings are deferred to Tamil month of Aavani.   So we have discount sales offered by many shops  during this period.  However, this month is very special for Devi Karumari Amman.  Sunday and Friday ( Gnayiru and Velli ) are most auspicious for the Goddess during this month as also Aadi Pooram ( Pooram is Poorva Phalguni Star ) .   It is in the afternoons that I find time to create kolam , listening to old Tamil songs (Ilayaraja, MS Viswanathan) , there are several notebooks full of kolangal.   All do not reach my social media accounts like Blogger, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.  Only some of them that I think are good enough are shared.  Later I review the notebooks again and share a few more from my collection. Even when I share common kolams ,  particularly...

 This is a very simple design with no frills and with only lotus patterns .  Draw on Sukravaram with kaavi powder for decoration, it will look divine.  The pictures should help learn the steps quickly. For Sankranthi geethala muggulu , Diwali muggulu designs and New Year rangoli muggulu - we can try this traditional rangoli. An important rangoli tip for this type of muggulu is that the lines should be as thin as possible.   The thinner the lines the more beautiful the design is. For getting thin lines we should take minimum quantity of muggu pindi.   Also, the control between the thumb and index finger matters. The rangoli powder I use is a mixture of white muggu powder and rice flour in the ratio 3: 1 Also, the most important factor is practice, practice ...Draw the rangoli directly on the floor without the use of a piece of chalk or any other aid. Symmetry improves with time.  How to create geethala muggulu picture 1 A bit tricky, I have tried to sim...

If you want to learn conch rangoli with dots, shanku chukki rangoli you may find the step-by-step pictures useful for learning.  These variety are drawn for New Year, Sankranthi or Bhogi festivals. We can also draw on Wednesday or Saturday if we have time to draw such a somewhat complicated rangoli. Star dot patterns can be augmented to get bigger grids in the shape of stars. Muggulu tips - Unlike other beautiful kolam available in this muggulu blog with this dot grid, there are no patterns at the centre.  All the dots are used up only to draw rangoli with conch designs. Consequently, we have to start radially and draw the shanka rangoli elements and cover the star shape as shown in the step-by-step illustrations.  In this context, shankam, chakra and namam rangoli is an auspicious muggu, drawn in Pooja room. How to make dots for rangoli The dot pattern is 9,10,11,12 then 3, 2,1 dots.  This is a smaller version of a bigger muggu. Since this is only for a demonstrat...

More than 80 percent of the designs in this blog are created by me.  Of course, we have common rangolis also including gantina rangolis which are common which may be around 20 percent. Whenever I get time, I try to create new designs listening to melodious songs that act as a catalyst.  Of the many designs I try only a few makes to the blog or YouTube or Facebook.  Rest is not used immediately as I am not satisfied with them.  Sometimes I modify with different sets of patterns. Nine chukki rangoli are common, these medium sized rangoli designs can be used for our daily kolam and also for festivals if we are looking for simple and quick kolams. The step-by-step pictures below Draw this easy chukki rangoli for festival - Dasara, Dipavali  I have added a few pictures because I think  the initial part of this rangoli design is tricky White rangoli themselves are beautiful with shading and/or decoration  One more set of pics showing step by step procedure ...

 Navarathri , Diwali decorations at home  The rangoli below uses a technique through which we draw double lines with different colours. Rangoli making on water is uncommon technique.   I have made difficult by drawing 2 lines kolam with two colours.   One of the best rangoli designs if you are looking for difficult methods.  I have explained how to pick rangoli powder for this technique, in case you want to learn.  If left undisturbed the rangoli stays for a week.  We can use to decorate our homes for Navarathri golu, as a Diwali special rangoli , light lamps around it.  Pour water on a clean plate.  Choose the plate size according to the size of the rangoli you need to make. Use a sieve and add rice flour .  Rice flour ensures that the rangoli stays above water.and it also gives an opaque background so that the design in visible. The sieve helps us to remove solid particles ( which otherwise we may have to ...

      Round rangoli designs for Diwali with colours | दिवाली रंगोली डिजाइन  This post gives an idea on how to make an easy rangoli for Diwali.  Tools available in our homes can be used to create symmetrical patterns.  These pictures show a demo using a lemon squeezer! These techniques can be followed by beginners i.e those who love this art and want to try the first time.  However please go through the posts of this website for hundreds of traditional rangoli designs which are also very beautiful.                How to make easy rangoli steps  How to put easy rangoli for Diwali decoration - the next step  The quality of colours matters.  Choose colours such that they are not floury (fine powder like texture.) If they are floury, they will not flow easily from the fingers. These pictures show how to draw rangoli easily and quickly After a few jumping a few steps of how to make...