Kolam by Sudha Balaji

The first muggu in this gallery  of muggulu that are from a collection of the designs I draw at the entrance.  As the title suggests they will all be without colours because that is what we usually draw as daily muggulu at the entrance of our homes and reserve colourful ones for festivals. I am asked what book , I refer to for creating kolam or muggu designs.  I do not refer to any rangoli books.   Since Rangolisansdots literally means rangoli without dots,  I create many free hand designs.  When I create such designs,   some designs are also suitable for muggulu with dots.  So I try accommodate those designs in a suitable dot pattern and that is how I create muggu. It is as simple as  that! Some of these designs can be tried for festivals like Vinayaka Chaturthi  ( Chavithi ) or Navratri. Actually I have a note book that I use to create rangoli .  Some times I get the idea instantaneously , some times it is after few attempts that I arrive at the final design.   There are many that a

After rangoli with five dots for Diwali and other festivals  , simple kolam with dots   this post may have even simpler rangolis.  Since we use only four dots these can be termed as very easy rangoli designs with dots .  Probably we can try some design with three dots also and that would be mini rangoli designs.  Please do not forget to like my Facebook page Rangoli sans dots You have come to the right place if you are looking for easy rangoli with dots , small chukkala muggulu , chukki rangoli easy or small kolam with dots  In an earlier post, I wrote that I would limit the number of dots to 5 and not less than that.   However after drawing some with 5 dots,  I wondered if I could try some rangolis with 4 dots that may be of help to beginners or learners.  So this post is for very small rangoli with dots i.e four dots . One of the reasons I have drawn many small rangoli or short rangoli is because I am short of space ! First very very small and  the easiest ,  2 dots rangoli designs