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Diwali Special

9X9, 3 and 1 dots as shown above.

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Diwali Special

11 to 1 straight dots. Diwali or Deepavali means a row of lights. So there it is.

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Diwali Special

9 to 1, straight dots.

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Diwali Special

Swastika is a symbol for prosperity, auspicious. It is also identified with Elephant God Ganesha and also Goddess Lakshmi-the Goddess of Wealth and prosperity. It is drawn on special occasions.

11,9,7,7,3,1 dots. Join as shown.

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Diwali Special

Starting from this post I am going to post some Rangolis for Diwali. Every time I schedule the posts or try to post them just before the festival and something goes wrong. This time I am not going to take chances.  Any ways, it will also give you time to choose the one you like, practise it and keep it ready for Diwali.

I am posting small and easy ones more than bigger and complicated ones. 

This is 9 to 1 straight dots( 9, 7, 5, 3, 1).

I have drawn diyas(lamps) and flowers and swastika depicting the spirit of Diwali. Keep watching for more......

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Fishes

This is 9X9 block. I have coloured the center space with yellow ocher, which can be left uncoloured. If you need a bigger Rangoli you can add blocks of it on all the sides and make it bigger.

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Ganesh Chaturthi Special

We are celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi on 19th of this month. Lord Ganesha-The Elephant God is one of my favorite. He is loved by children a lot. He is worshiped by children for success in education, business man for success in business, farmers for good crop before sowing. In fact He is worshiped before starting of any venture or auspicious occasion as he is the Lord who removes all obstacles and grants us success. His consorts are Sidhi (meaning accomplishment, success, perfection or spiritual power), Budhi (meaning Wisdom or intellect) and Riddhi (meaning prosperity). A man requires all these three things for a happy and peaceful life on this earth. So by worshiping Lord Ganesha one would get all these three things.

This is one festival, which I enjoy a lot since as a child. He is one God who is worshiped with 21 types of herbs which includes grass as well. He is one God who is like a child -easy to please with offering of a little jaggery, but blesses us with lots of good things. That is why He is one of my Favorite God. 

Well I am going to post some Rangolis for this special occasion in this and coming posts. 

Swastika is a symbol which denotes auspiciousness and is associated with Lord Ganesh. So I have used this symbol in my Rangoli.

19 dots three rows then 17, 15...till 3. Join as shown. This is very easy to draw. 

Watch out for my next posts too.......

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Here is one more simple chain Rangoli.

 This is a small and simple Rangoli of 3X3 block.

The above block of 3X3 can be developed into a bigger one as shown above or according to your choice. My Rangoli is not so neat. If drawn a bit carefully would look good.

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Here is one Rangoli. A bit modern may be. 17 to 1 straight dots.

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Ugadi Special

Here is one more Rangoli. A geometrical one with Lotuses and Swastika. This is simple and easy to draw as well as for colouring. Alternated Lotuses can be coloured differently.

13 to 1 Straight dots and join as shown above. 

Keep watching my blog for more Rangolis and Beautiful borders...

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Vegetable Rangoli

Here is the Rangoli with Bitter Gourds and Brinjals(Egg Plant). This is 13X1 and simple to draw.

Watch out for more...

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Floral Rangoli

This 13 X 1 straight dots, very simple and easy to draw. Watch out for more.....

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A rangoli which small simple and easy to draw:

This is 13 to 1 dots-straight dots ie. one below another. Join as shown.

Keep watching for big and traditional Rangolis.....

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Diwali Special

Here is one more Rangoli on Lamps or Diya Theme. This can be used for Diwali or entire month of Karthik following the Diwali and also on special Puja occasions:

These are brass lamps used in South India. Here those lamps are artistically depicted in chain Rangoli or Melicka Muggu. The first part of these Rangolis I have posted here:

http://summersofindia.blogspot.com/2011/10/rangoli-134.html

Hope you like them and use them.

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Diwali Rangolis

Diwali is fast approaching. So its time I posted some Rangolis specially for Diwali. The month starting from the next day of Diwali is known as Kartika Maasam-the month of "Kartika" when people keep fast and both in the morning and  evening light lamps just like on Diwali.  At least two lamps are lighted before dawn and after dawn. So these Rangolis can be drawn for the whole month. The full moon during the month is very auspicious and celebrated with great devotion. 

These Diyas(lamps) can be drawn free hand. But for an easy method one can use dots. Blow are the traditional chain or melika Rangolis of lamps. 

Here is a lamp with three wicks. We usually use brass lamps.

This is a lamp with five wicks. This is known as pancha(five) harathi and is used in temples or even our homes to give harathi to Gods.

These designs are very old and have been handed over generations. 

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Flower Pots

Here is the Flower Pots Rangoli with flower plants and butterflies. 

This 15 to 1 dots(Straight). The pots can be drawn straight too.

It is very easy and colourful. Colouring it is also easy as one has to fill in small spaces at a time.

Hope you like this.

Watch out for more.....

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Ganesh Chaturthi Special

Here is one more Swastika Rangoli that can be used for any Pooja Occasion. 

I have used the 8X8 block of my previous post in the center and then on all four sides I have used smaller block. You can see the dots in the Rangoli.

8X8 block

Here is a closer look at one of the sides.

You can further build it up if you require a bigger one.

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Ganesh Chaturthi Special

Here is one more simple Rangoli. This can be used on any Pooja occasion.

This is 8X8 block. You can add more blocks to it to create a bigger Rangoli. This is very simple, easy to draw and requires very little space.

Watch out for more.....

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Ganesh Chaturthi Special

Here are some Rangolis I am going to post for Ganesh Chaturthi. The Theme is MODAK (Hindi) or Undrallu Telugu)- a delicacy made of steamed rice semolina and split chickpea lentils. This is the most favourite of Ganesha. Without this offering our Ganesh Chaturthi is not complete. This is a very simple and easy snack, nutritious and filling. Swasthika is also associated with Lord Ganesha.

This is 6X6 block. You can add more blocks to create a bigger Rangoli.

This is 8X8 block. You can either add more of these blocks together or add above 6X6 block on all sides to create a bigger Rangoli. 

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Butterflies

Here is one simple Rangoli of Butterflies.

This is 13 to 1 dots. Join as above. This is very simple and easy.