Kolam by Sudha Balaji

  Nowadays stickers for rangoli designs are available.   The satisfaction I  get when I  draw a kolam in the morning listening to devotional songs in the background is bliss.   It is to be experienced and cannot be explained in words. When I visit my acquaintances, it is painful to see rangoli stickers at the entrance.  Stickers should not replace a traditional kolam .   If time and space are constraints, we can draw small and simple designs. You can choose from the thousands of designs available on this rangoli website.     The images above show one of them. While the black and white kolam in the pic can be drawn for our daily kolam.   It can be filled with colours for festivals like Diwali (Deepavali in Tamil Nadu). The use of spirals in simple rangoli is demonstrated in the design shown above.   If the spiral designs are drawn at a single stretch without any breaks, the rangoli will look even more beautiful....

While rangoli themselves are beautiful, when  drawn with parallel lines are even more beautiful.   Drawing the rangoli lines in parallel - simultaneously can be used for smaller and bigger designs.  You may have observed that drawing 2 stroke designs is my weakness :) :) I just love to draw them. For this technique the trick is to take rangoli  powder is taken between the index and middle fingers.  Using the thumb, the index and middle fingers allow the rangoli powder to flow between the middle and index fingers (one line) and on the outside of the thumb (second parallel line) .    The distance between the middle and index fingers depends upon how comfortable we are in drawing  When we use two different colours instead of while, the result is a rangoli with parallel lines of two different colours.   If drawing parallel lines in rangoli is difficult, drawing two different colours is more difficult (hard or maybe hardest) For drawing ...

  How to draw 2-line rangoli  Pick two pinches of while kola podi with index finger and central finger, push both with the thumb such that the powder falls between the middle finger and index finger (first line) and outside the index finger (second line). The lines should be discrete and should not smudge as can be seen from the images. Simple rangoli designs without dots for Dhanteras too.  The rangolis are simple but the technique of drawing parallel lines comes with practice.  What better occasion that the festival of lights to try something special  Green glass and gold bangles combination worn by me has become popular on social media, it appears. " I like your karakamalam with green and gold bangles " Rarely, when I changed the glass bangles with those of a different colour "This is not Sudha Ma'am's hand?"   It is our family tradition to wear green glass bangles.  On rare occasions I used to change them with red glass bangles but after the ...

  A collection of 7 simple rangoli designs for seven days of the week that can be drawn at the entrance.   Simple kolams that I create in the afternoon listening to old Tamil songs   (Mornings are reserved for devotional songs including Venkatesa Suprabhatham,  Vishnu Sahasranamam , Abhirami Thirupadhigam , s ongs on Sai Baba , Raghavendra Swami, Maha periyava ,  Murugan - takes 3 to 4 hours and evenings for Kanda Sasti Kavacham 🙏🙏 ) reach the blog or as videos on social media.   Many designs are still there in the several notebooks I have only some are shared  One of my followers sent her feedback through email  "Hello Mam... This one is inspired by your latest post on YouTube and FB... My mom who is 82 years old is a big fan of yours... she watches all your posts... selects and gives me the execution to take it to the vasal... If anything can be done in pooja room, she will do herself.   I tried posting this thank yo...

A collection of small n easy rangolis for daily use or if you are looking for such type of designs for Diwali or other festival you can bookmark these patterns  I had shared a quick and easy rangoli trick for creating a colourful design with paper cups, thought it  will be very useful for those who want to celebrate Diwali with a unique rangoli but are not familiar with the traditional method  One of the comments for that video really made my day  "Needed this for so long ma'am .... and yes, the rangoli with cups is sure going to make a hero in my new office ... will share something  when I do something, you are teaching ....so proud to see a person at your age so tech savvy and utilising it for something to share knowledge " 1) Easy simple rangoli kolam We should try to maintain the symmetry radially so that the tips of the petals should form an imaginary circle.  If done it will result in an awesome rangoli design for Diwali festival decoration at home....

 Welcome Goddess Lakshmi, Giver of Happiness, please enter Our Mother, Giver of Supreme Happiness, welcome When You take one step at a time,  Your anklets jingle, When the pious and saints perform Puja You appear like ghee from buttermilk          Bhagyada Laksmi Baramma Telugu lyrics image 1           Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma in Telugu image 2 You shower rains of gold You fulfill the desires of all (devotees) homes You are as bright as one crore suns  King Janaka's daughter, quickly (please enter /welcome) Goddess Lakshmi song Telugu lyrics image 1 Give us infinite blessings Bangles rolling on Your Hands You wear kumkum on Your Forehead O! Lotus -eyed Proud Queen on Lord Venkateswara Lakshmi Devi Kannada song Telugu lyrics image 2 Stay forever in the homes of Your devotees Giving auspicious occasions and good fortune forever Saint and pious souls who know the Truth You are in their thoughts, Golden doll  Friday Kanna...

A collection primarily comprising geethala muggulu for the festival.  You can save these designs for drawing on Fridays and functions too.   This rangoli website is a very huge collection of different types of rangolis.  Though I take a lot of care it is possible that rarely some designs may repeat in two different posts.   If you come across duplicates, please let me know.   Traditional rangoli designs with lines called padi kolam in Tamil are drawn for auspicious occasions and festivals.  They are preferably decorated with kaavi .  When these type of kolam are seen in the courtyard of a house, a message is conveyed that there is a celebration in the house. This collection can be used for one of the many rangoli we draw for the important festival for Goddess Lakshmi  Apart from the usual kolam at the entrance, I draw on the Mandap, before the Mandap and in the Pooja room also  You may also be interested in this collection i.e...

 Add colours or kaavi for these designs.   Varmahalakshmi Pooja - when to do. The festival can be done on Friday 25th of August 2023.   If for any reason we are not able to perform the Puja on that day, we can do it on any Friday of Sravan month or on a Friday during Navaratri  Two pics below showing easy rangoli designs for Varamahalakshmi festival, one showing the kolam after completion, the other image showing an intermediate step  Rangoli art is an important part of any festival more so Varamahalakshmi Pooja.  We have a padi kolam for placing Goddess kalasam outside our homes before welcoming Her inside.  We draw Her Feet as rangoli.   We draw an auspicious rangoli like Aiswarya rangoli or Hrudaya kamalam in the mandap where we place the kalash.  You may also like to know how to prepare Pitla for Varalakshmi Vratha Also, we draw some rangoli designs around the mandap.  Overall, there is considerable display of this a...

A collection of traditional kolams for the month-long celebrations of Fridays during the auspicious Shravan month.  In Tamil Nadu this is the month when weddings are celebrated.   Aashad month is not preferred for marriages.  We have various festivals including Mangala  Gowri , Jeevthi Pooja, Varamalakshmi Pooja during this month.  Traditional designs with lines are among the best rangoli for any occasion. Jivthi Pooja or Jeevathi Pooja is popular in Maharashtra.  It is celebrated for four or five Fridays during the month depending upon the number of Fridays we get according to the calendar. Betel leaf garland is offered to Her.  She is considered to be the protector of children. Some offer puran harathi to the Goddess. I offer harathi with banana(fruit).  The same harathi is also shown to the children requesting Her to protect them and their families.  I make kheer every Friday during this month.  Of course, rangoli is an importan...