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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...

Aishwarya kolam - for Friday, Puja

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I have a video for this kolam on my YouTube Channel.  This video has been the official video of YouTube for quite some time. Aishwarya patra rangoli  ( an important Devara mane rangoli )  or  aishwarya kolam   another popular rangoli with dots. I learnt some designs from my mother-in-law.  This is one of them.  It is considered to be auspicious and drawn on Fridays , during festivals like   Navarathri ,    Varalakshmi Vratha  and   Lakshmi Pooja.  This is an important Veli kizhamai kolam as it is called in Tamil.  Aishwarya kolam, Hase, Kubera kolam and Hridaya kamalam can be called as Mahalakshmi kolam as they are drawn on Fridays in the Puja room.  Friday is considered important for Mahalakshmi in our tradition. This kolam can also be drawn in the mandap where we place Goddess Lakshmi for Varalakshmi Vratham Pooja ( Varamahalakshmi Habba ) or for on the plank ( manai ) where we place Lord Ganesh du...