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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...

Pulli kolam designs

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30 plus chukki rangoli images with steps Some pulli kolam designs I designed for Rangoli-sans-dots.  I will upload as and when it is practically possible.   Draw the central pattern and expand outward to get the wings  Draw the head and crown and beak of the bird.   The remaining dots at the centre are filled up with patterns as shown in the image.    You can also decide your own pattern   The kolam  is of 9 dot to 1 dot pattern kolam with four "colourful" birds.  A simple design.   Place the 9 to 1 dot template.  T h ere is some influence of free hand design in the birds and hence the combination of dots and   free hand rangoli results in the image shown above.   Some colourful lines have been added to parallel to the basic white design to get a beautiful and attractive rangoli.  This rangoli may not appear to be simple, hence the photo above showing how to draw the basic patterns at the centre and ar...