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A freehand deepam kolam for Karthigai
Rangoli no.205In the Tamil month of Karthigai, deepams (lamps) are lit in the kolams from the beginning of the month. Karthigai deepam festival is the important festival in this month when rows of...
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Rangoli - new and special designs
This rangoli is a combination of three types. First the previous rangoli of the previoous post was erased and the powder rearranged to form the central design with purple hue. Then using a rangoli...
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Freehand deepam kolam for Karthigai
Rangoli no.209Rangoli no.210No.210 is a free hand kolam for the Karthigai Deepam festival that will be celebrated next week. An important festival in Tamil Nadu. Like Deepavali, there is a practice...
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Karthigai Deepam rangoli
Continuing with Karthigai Deepam it is celebrated on the full moon day in the Tamil month Karthigai when the moon is in the constellation, Krithika. Earthen lamps with oil are lit in the evening in...
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Karthigai Deepam decorated diyas
DIY no.4DIY no.5It is a long time since I posted a do it yourself craft. In fact the only one posted so far is on navaratri aarti plate. Hence this one for the Karthigai deepam seasons. I think...
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Rangolis (swastik and diya) for Karthigai
One more kolam for this Karthigai Deepam. A simple design and similar to a rangoli drawn in an earlier post.The first one is a simple freehand design with deepams and swastik. Freehand or rangoli...
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Tulsi Vivah photo
rangoli no 215The photo above is the Tulsi Vivah celebrated at my eldest sister's house. The face of the Goddess was purchased in Srirangam, near Trichy in Tamil Nadu. Please note carefully the...
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Margazhi season and rangoli designs
The next important season for rangolis is of course Margazhi (aka Dhanur masam). It is natural that our blog has a few rangolis for this season. It is during this month that we see some of the most...
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Margazhi kolam collection
The rangoli above is drawn using rangoli powder used in the rangoli below. When rangoli drawn is erased or removed ( of course with a heavy heart ) the resultant mixture is of the colour shown above....
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New year rangoli and Pongal kolam
Margazhi is also important due to the fact that the English New Year falls in this month and the month ends with Sankranti. Since our family lives in Tamil Nadu, we are lucky because we celebrate the...
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Rangoli for Republic day
After a break after Sankranti, I am back with a free hand rangoli for Republic Day. I have chosen three colours orange, white and green. The orange and green parallel lines are drawn using the...
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Simple kolam with dots collection
I would like to post some rangoli with dots because I have received many requests from friends and viewers. Almost all rangolis I have drawn for Margazhi month are free hand rangolis. However I want...
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Colourful rangoli designs collection for special occasions
After rangolis for Margazhi kolam collection and New Year and Pongal kolam. I have posted some simple kolam with dots. I will update with some more rangolis as and when time permits. ( Home-makers...
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Pulli kolam designs
While free hand rangolis are popular in many parts of India, rangoli with dots called (pulli ) kolam in Tamil is popular in Tamil Nadu. This can be further classified into two types ner pulli kolam...
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Flower rangoli designs
Floral designs are one of the most used in rangoli design. Obviously, we are heavily dependent on nature for our rangoli designs.The next important festivals are Holi and Ugadi in 2013. Holi is a...
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New year rangoli and Pongal kolam for rangoli with dots and free hand rangoliMargazhi kolam collection for free hand rangoliPulli kolam designs for kolam with dotsRangoli designs for special occasions...
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Ugadi festival celebrations and rangoli
Ugadi is the (lunar ) new year celebrated in Andhra Pradesh (as Telugu new year), Karnataka. It is celebrated as Gudi Padava in Maharastra. It falls on the first day after new moon day in the month...
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Tamil New Year Kolam
The rangoli above is a Tamil New Year special it is a rangoli with dots of 15 to 1 dots pattern (ner pulli kolam) i.e the dots decrease from 15 to1 in odd numbers (15,13,9,7,5,3 and 1). This design,...
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DIY - Kheer or payasam
I would like to share some of the kheer (or payasam) types that I think are not so common. The first one is called poori payasam or pappad kheer. Poori payasamRequired ingredients1. Chiroti rava or...
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Pooja rooms or Pooja enclosures or mantaps require simple and auspicious rangolis. There are some rangolis that are there for a long time (decades or centuries, I do not know) which are specifically...
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