Kolam by Sudha Balaji

  First chukki rangoli is with 5 dots. In case we are trying first time for Diwali rangoli and are looking for a simple design  a small version (abridged version as my children say) This kolam can be drawn independently or as the central design around which we can add free hand designs to get a bigger design the dot grid is 5,3,1. An easy white rangoli design for the ensuing festival season. The second rangoli is with 7 by 4 chukki rangoli The third design is 9 by 5 chukki rangoli.  Add colours to the white kolam to make it even more beautiful.  In my opinion white rangoli are beautiful in their own way. The fourth kolam is w ith dot pattern 15 dots - 3 rows then 13, 11, 9 up to 3 dots. The rose buds are important for this kolam the other patterns can be according to our choice There were a few questions about my "team" because I have many social media accounts for rangoli designs. My team has only two members Sudha and Balaji :)  i.e. my husband and I.  H...

  Varmahalskmi Habba / Navratri decoration -  harathi preparation  Friday Puja procedure I use a small silver plate as shown in the image for preparation of aarti plate as it is also called , for Friday Puja and also for other festivals like Varamahalakshmi Pooja , every day during Navaratri , Sravan Sukravar Pooja  Add some kukkum in a small plate and mix it with water.  Apply sandalwood paste and kumkum on four sides of diyas  Place flower shaped cotton wicks or long wicks depending upon the type of lamps we use.  Add cow's ghee to the wicks, light the lamps and perform aarthi  or harathi .  We can sing suitable songs in a language of our choice or mother tongue  Harathi songs in Kannada and Pooja songs in Telugu are quite popular 

There is an artist hidden in all of us, creating and drawing kolam proves it. It is very easy to represent peacocks through rangoli The step-by-step images below will show how to draw a white peacock with seven to four odu pulli dot pattern "Ethnic and homely " " Beautiful rangoli and easy too.  keep up the great work.  All the best and good luck " " Love the patience and time you invest in sharing these lovely pieces of art ".  These are some comments on Facebook When I get such positive feedback for my rangoli designs, it is natural that I am motivated to create more and more kolangal. You may also be interested in 7 dots rangoli designs  or simple rangoli with 5 dots   or some simple kolam I draw daily at the entrance  This is the common mango leaf kolam theme that is converted into birds ( peacocks ) by replacing the leaf patterns with spirals with "feathers" to represent the tail and of course the crown to represent easily a bird so beauti...

 Two images giving 5 border rangoli ideas   In the first image the second design can be independently drawn as a rangoli particularly for festivals like Republic Day  or Independence Day because of the use of colours orange, white and green while the first design is a simple pattern. In the second image three borders are shown. .  The first one is a simple design suitable for the circumference of a big rangoli.   The second one is a flower design with leaves on either side.  It can be drawn on the top or bottom of a rangoli or on all sides of rangoli.   The last one is a very simple design and is usually used as an extension along the periphery of free hand circular rangoli  This collection is in addition to many more ideas I have shared.  You can search in my blog for border kolam or border rangoli  or use the labels given at the bottom of the post to delve deeper into this variety of rangoli on this website. ...

  Rangoli borders can be drawn at doorways too ( called vaasal padi kolam ). The doorway is also decorated with a rangoli design in addition to the rangoli drawn at the entrance.  Since only a width of 100 millimetre or so is available, very simple yet cute beautiful designs can be drawn in the available space. Doorways or doorsteps are given a lot of importance in our culture.  There is a custom of performing Pooja  to the door way and adorning with rangoli designs .  We also offer haldi kumkum and flowers particularly on Fridays. So we need lots of designs .  Since these rangolis have less height we can use them as borders for bigger rangoli. Beautiful rangoli designs with or without chukki are drawn for New Year and Pongal.  Usually they are decorated with borders at the bottom and sides.  We may use these ideas on those occasions too. My daughter-in-law is from Madanapalle, Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh.  I was curious to find ou...

  Rangoli borders  may actually resemble jewellery in these parameters - beauty, intricacy.  Which of these two inspires the other  As usual these designs can be drawn for the doorway or door step.  Also we can use them to decorate a bigger rangoli We draw big rangoli designs for New Year and Sankranti.  It is customary to decorate them with borders at the bottom  or at the sides.   We need lots of simple designs for this .  Our imagination to create designs and patterns has no limits These designs can be bookmarked to try them on various occasions or festivals. Maybe they can kindle our imagination to create new designs side border kolam. Border kolam designs in this blog will invariably be without dots since the name is Rangoli sans dots! However, I have shared a few with dots too.  Simple and beautiful border muggu pictures  .                            ...

 "The old traditional way of making rangolis ... no wasting of rangoli, no fancy designs just simple and sweet " "Very nice.  Nowadays, people hardly draw freehand rangoli.  It is unique and much more natural looking " These are two comments from my Facebook Page Rangoli sans dots.   When I started sharing old type of muggu on social media I was hesitant because I was not sure whether they would be liked After more than a decade on social media, I am glad that I started sharing what I know and passionate about.   I have shared the colourful versions in another post in this blog.  Please give your feedback on the blog and this post in the comments section  Without chukki white rangoli designs  Rangoli design black and white images White kolam without dots  kolam with white rangoli powder  All the designs above have also been filled with colours.  Since this post is only on telupu muggulu ,  I have shared the colourful...

This colourful collection of rangoli designs for doorstep can also be drawn for decorating a bigger rangoli. I have shared the designs with colour; you may use it as a white rangoli because usually we draw without colours for doorways. Drawing rangoli and offering Pooja to doorstep with flowers, haldi kumkum is quite common in southern part of India. flower patterns, usually lotus, leaves, tendrils, spirals and a few other standard motifs are used because the space available is less. After drawing the kolam in white we can also decorate with kaavi (ochre like colour) daily or on Fridays at least. I also use neli (wriggling lines) on either side of the straight lines, particularly for ways.  This practice I inherited from my mother  color border rangoli border muggulu with colours  Try this border for Sankranti rangoli    In 2014 I received an email from YouTube, I could not believe my eyes.   I asked my husband to check.  He confirmed that it wa...

  Many big muggulu with bright colours adorn many homes during this harvest festival season. It is more joyous because it is celebrated during spring. The climate is nice and cool in many parts of India.  There is a tradition of wearing new clothes and going to the temple as we do for Diwali  Drawing muggulu is also for conveying messages through simple art drawn on the floor be it with tiles, cement or mud.  This kolam has all that are connected with Bhogi and Sanrkanti festival, namely Pot, Pongal, sugarcane, Sun and colours  There were requests from viewers on YouTube for a small pot muggu .  So I created this 7 by 7 design.  A compact one suitable for small spaces too. Nowadays space is a premium for rangoli designs, particularly in metropolitan cities.  Necessity is the mother of invention.  Viewers requests kindled my imagination, and I created two rangolis one of which is shared here. White Pot muggu I liked the bright blue colour whe...