Kalash rangoli for Diwali 7 dots design
Kalash rangoli design with 7 by 4 dots Drawing kalash is considered to be auspicious for any festival. This rangoli design with dots is with 7 by 4 dots ( interlaced dots ).Two intermediate steps are...
View ArticleTop 10 rangoli design for Diwali
 Best rangoli design 1 - This was quite a popular design when I first started sharing rangolis on social media. The secret is that as far as possible all lines both straight and curved should be...
View ArticleSimple white rangoli designs for Diwali
    Circular rangoli image no. 1                 I have shared these rangoli with colours elsewhere in this blog. I am sharing them here so that you can colour them for Diwali...
View ArticleHow to make toran with mango leaves
 Step by step images showing how to make an easy toran using mango leaves for decorating homes for Diwali, Navratri .Choose fresh mango leaves ( maavilai in Tamil ) so that they are all of the same...
View ArticleUgadi thoranam step by step images
 Festival thoranam decoration - also for Sankranthi ( Pongal ), NavaratriThoranam made from coconut fronds that are yellow-green in colour Occasionally we can make it at home. The method is quite...
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 Rangoli designs in this collection , were drawn on a kitchen slab ! All are spontaneous creations. Later I started recording them in a note book for reference ( not for drawing but for sharing on...
View ArticleHow to draw double line kolam for Pongal
 Traditionally double line kolam is drawn with white rangoli powder- Take two pinches of white kolam podi on the index finger and the middle finger. Push with the thumb. One line falls outside the...
View ArticleMother's Day special rangoli
                Mother's Day is as important as Women's Day.  The thousands of rangoli designs I have shared in this blog I owe them to my mother.  She was an expert in free hand...
View ArticleWithout chukki rangoli for Dasara 5 pics
 The rangoli above shows how we can use spirals to create small and easy designs.  The image below shows how we can use different motifs to get beautiful rangolis for Navaratri. The next rangoli in...
View ArticleWomen's Day rangoli kolam images
 The first rangoli above has six birds around a six petal flower. The floral patterns between any two birds can be considered to represent the tails. If we add a few lines of the head , the crest is...
View ArticleWithout chukki rangoli for Sankranti
 9 simple and small rangoli designs for the festival also called Pedda Panduga by my mother. The clockwise and anti clockwise portrayal of the two patterns gives a unique effect. Inspired by the...
View ArticleWithout chukki rangoli white kolam pics
      If you have come here in search of rangoli designs without chukki , I can assure that you have come to the right website (place ) because the name is Rangoli sans dots which literally means...
View ArticleSimple Republic Day rangoli
    A step by step illustration of a simple and small rangoli that can be used as a Republic Day special . It is based on Warli art. The theme is all Indians ( people have been shown in different...
View ArticleSmall white rangoli kolam designs
 These are basic designs that can be drawn at the entrance for our vasal kolangal hence images showing intermediate steps are not shown . Seven rangoli ideas are shown here that can be used for 7...
View Article30 days 30 kolam designs
  The first set of 10 rangoli designs     The first two rangolioli designs in this collection are images from some of the most popular videos of free hand kolam I shared on YouTube. White kolam...
View Article30 days 30 kolam 2 set 10 images
             Two rangoli kolam I created in the pics above and below when I have some time to spare in the pics above and below and that is usually in the afternoons. Afternoons are...
View Article30 days 30 kolam 3 set 10 images
 Two kolams similar yet different in the images above and below . The flower design at the centre is the same. There are some differences in the motifs/patterns use on the periphery. Demo of two...
View ArticleChukki rangoli 21 to 11 for Sankranti
 This kolam may represents the claws or pincers ( pedipalps says Google ) of a scorpion-like insect/animal - 6 of them in this rangoli. Since the dot pattern is 21 to 11 it takes time to complete and...
View ArticleGanesha Chukki rangoli small n easy
How to draw Ganpati rangoli with dots - just 4 dots !Using a 4 by 1 dot grid we can create cute Ganesha rangoli the chukki type. It is preferable to draw it in the Puja room and not at the entrance....
View ArticleSimple toran making at home for Diwali
 OHP sheet toran or thoranam - Craft ideas for festival decoration at homeToran or Thoranam is an important part of celebration of any festival.  The image above shows a festoon  or toran made from...
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