Kolam by Sudha Balaji

  The rangoli below is called  krishnan dindu  (Krishna's arm rest or bolster is a rough translation)  For this design also I have used a quadra - line design.   Draw curved lines to connect all the straight lines to get the final design that looks like an endless loop. Fill the design completely with colours of your choice.  When completed one cannot see where the rangoli starts and where it ends.   These rangolis are very simple and very easy to draw.  One intermediate step of this kolam or rangoli is shown below.  The images are self-explanatory, I think.  I have shared small white kolam with lines, we can make them colourful, if required, add decorations also around the central rangoli design This website also has posts on recipes and crafts - some examples are given below for reference  a)  4 kaal pinnal step by step  b)  Pitla recipe  white rangoli with lines  line rangoli with steps   ...

  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...