Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Margali kolam | Pongal kolangal | Sankranthi muggulu 2020 This is a unique type of chikku kolam .  Here we use a single line that goes around the dot grid and gets connected to where it started and hence the name.  Just by looking at a completed design it may be difficult to decipher the puzzle that it appears and probably one of the reasons why it is called so.  As is the norm in this blog, I have given few images to show the intermediate steps to make it easy to understand and learn.  I have used a 11 by 1 dot grid.  This kolam can be drawn with 9, 7 dots and bigger dot patterns also. Step by step pictures are shown to make easy to follow  For your weekday ( Monday to Thrusday ) or weekend kolam ideas Thin long lines should be drawn at a single stretch  It comes with practice  Try for Dhanuramasam rangoli for one of the 30 days  You may also use for sikku kolam with 11 dots or melikala muggulu with 11 dots for Bhogi a...

Peacock kolangal with dots  Among the birds peacocks are one of the most fascinating , naturally we try to incorporate these designs in our rangolis.  Since rangoli is a very simple daily art , what we draw will not have the intricate and finer details of other forms of art.   So what we do it draw the crown for the peacocks and decorate the tail.  This is a white rangoli and hence cane be thought of to represent the beautiful white peacock.  We can also fill the kolam with colours for festivals like Diwali, Pongal, Navartri or draw a white kolam for our daily vasal kolangal navilu rangoli , 9 chukki rangoli design step by step  Also a traditional mor rangoli with dots  At one or two places it can get tricky , so I have added many steps  I have shown only the white kolam , if you want to retain it as a white peacock , shading and decorations with motifs are sufficient. If you would like to display a proud peacock with colou...

Tuesday kolangal | Karthigai rangoli | Bhogi rangolis One of the commonly used and most favourite designs are the peacock rangoli for Diwali. It is a ubiquitous design.  We say as proud as a peacock, we are proud of a peacock rangoli we create for festivals including for Dhanteras rangoli attractive, I have used colour rangoli powder directly instead of drawing with white and filling with colours.  For this the quality of colour kola podi should be good.   I get it from Nagpur; there we get very good quality rangoli colours. if you want parrot kolam with dots for New Year  Such beautiful and intricate kolams can be drawn for Karthigai festival or vratham because mayil is considered as vahanam of Murugan. Dot pattern used is 9 to 1   We can also draw for Bhogi, Mattu Pongal and Kanum Pongal when medium sized rangoli designs are displayed.   If you are confident with the quality of colours you can draw directly with colours, it saves...

Sikku kolam poduvathu eppadi |  7 dots kambi kolam | 7 pulli kambi kolam  The beauty of this type of kolam is drawing the curved lines that move around the dots gracefully with neat lines and curved lines.   We should draw the entire kolam with confidence to get beautiful designs.  The secret is very simple.  It is just practice.  It must be cliche but that is the truth.   Practising many kolams will make us better and better in this art.  Practising the same kolam on a notebook with pen or pencil several times or with a chalk piece on floor will increase our confidence in drawing the design because they are extremely tricky most times.  The more confident we are with the design the more beautiful our lines will be.  The number of breaks in the lines should also be minimum  Dot pattern 7 dots 4 rows, 5 dots one row between and two extra dots What I have shown are the steps in the side view  Next step in the ...

நாக சதுர்த்தி பூசை ( in Tamil ) The video 👉  Naga Chaturthi Pooja in Tamil   is from my YouTube channel and it gives the Puja procedure in Tamil and has English subtitles       What do we offer for Naga Deivam pepper, channa dhal, rice flour a paste made from rice flour, jaggery, ghee another ball made from white sesame and jaggery Puffed rice, milk with a drop of ghee is also offered as also water Apply turmeric only to Naga Cotton vastra decorated with turmeric is offered For flowers, jasmine is preferred First offer milk and water twice , then clean the Nagas Offer other offerings mentioned above Perform pooja Naivedyam include mangoes and coconut Perform aarthi, offer camphot After Pooja children are asked to offer milk to Naga and pray for the welfare of their brothers and sisters Elders pray for the welfare of the children. Watch the video and celebrate the festival Now a simple pambu kolam for the Pooja.  Place dots ...

Naga Chaturthi rangoli | muggulu A festival celebrated for the well being of children and siblings has snake rangoli designs as an important part of the festival celebration.  Some snake ( haavu ) rangoli designs for the festival. If you would like a trendy and different Naga kolam you can try this design. Tip - There is a tradition of drawing a serpent and her young one on the outside wall near the entrance and also in the Pooja room. For those who live in rented houses or would not like to draw on the wall, we can draw on an A4 white sheet and paste on the wall with double sided tape.  The serpents are also decorated with cotton vastra. Simple Naga rangoli without chukki all steps  Draw the long lines and curved lines in one stretch Pambu kolam poduvaedhu eppadi - step by step pictures  Snake rangoli designs without dots - after completion Or if you like traditional designs some of them are shown below  Easy snake rangoli without dots ...