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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...

Chukki rangoli 21 to 11 for Sankranti

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This kolam may represent the claws or pincers (pedipalps says Google) of a scorpion-like insect / animal - 6 of them in this big Pongal rangoli design with dots . First step for the chukki rangoli for Sankranthi competition. Since the dot pattern is 21 to 11 it takes time to complete and fill with colours so we can try for festivals like Sankranthi or for New Year.   They may also represent the claws of a tiger, so it is also called puli nagam kolam in Tamil according to my elder sister who lives in Mumbai an expert in rangoli making.                                                             Intermediate steps through images are shown for this big chukki rangoli .   To state the obvious, draw the patterns in the centre and then proceed to the outer patterns or vice versa depending upon how you are comfortable wi...