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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...

Double line rangoli kolam designs steps

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    Rangoli making / Rangoli drawing - double stroke kolam T he first image shows the first step of the rangoli.  I have used only parallel lines drawn simultaneously in this design. Draw four pairs of intersecting lines.   From the ends of each line connect the adjacent line to get the pattern seen above. A very basic design that can by itself used as a simple rangoli for our homes.  The next design has evolved from the previous one.   Draw a parallel line border matching the contours of the first design.  Connect the border and the floral design with as many straight lines as possible The third step of the rangoli is shown below.  Decorate the periphery of the rangoli with floral motifs that are formed using spiral and circular patterns.   Also fill the petals at the centre with simple oval designs.  This is a plain rangoli by itself and can be drawn at entrances.  The rangoli can be filled with colours.  Adding co...

Corner rangoli designs for Diwali kolam

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  Corner rangoli designs | side rangoli designs | side border  As the name suggests, they are drawn on the corner of a bigger rangoli pattern or at the corner of a room    They are actually rangoli borders It is natural to use flowers like lotus are used for freehand rangoli designs with our own decorations added to them. I have to use more lotuses and other flowers, birds and animals for my freehand rangoli. I have shared 5 ideas in white kolam (after all I belong to the traditional school of kolam ) .  These ideas can be used in colour.  The name of the website is Rangoli sans dots .  So drawing free hand rangoli designs is my bread and butter.  I just love to create them.  "Kolam and music combination is phenomenal... I am looking forward for more of these videos with a perfect blend of rangoli and music " This is feedback from one of my social media accounts. Actually, classical Indian music blends well with kolam , I think.  ...