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Republic Day Special

27 dots 7 rows in the center, straight dots, 25, 23, 21, to 7. 

Wishing you all                               

A very Happy Republic Day on the 

occasion of 64th Republic Day......

Update:
Someone asked me how I get ideas for Rangolis. For this Republic day I wanted to create something different, unique and creative and also big. 

I started as usual with our national flag. Then I went on to add lotus which is our national flower. Then I got stuck. I had lots of dots before me in a haphazard fashion. I kept on trying different shapes. I struggled like that for nearly 2-3 days. Then I thought I could fit in some peacocks(our national bird). But that too was very difficult. I could some how fit the birds. But I struggled with their tails. Once I was satisfied by the peacocks, there still were some loose dots left in the center. Then I drew some lotus buds carried by the peacocks. Suddenly it was a perfect Rangoli. 

My struggles and trails were worth it because this Rangoli gave me immense satisfaction. 

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Water Lilies and Butterflies

25 dots, 7 rows, in the center on both sides, 23, 21, 19...till 7 dots.

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Water Lilies and Kites

21 to 1 straight dots. Celebrating the spirit of Makar Sankranti/Pongal festival....Watch out for more Rangolis ....

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21 to 1 straight dots

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21 to 1 straight dots.

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Another Lotus/Water Lilly Rangoli. I love these flowers. We offer them white, blue or pink ones to God/Goddess. 

21 dots 7 rows in the center, 19, 17, 15...till 7 dots. Join as shown.

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Hi friends. Sorry I could not post past few days. I scheduled some Rangolis but something was wrong and I didn't have time to check back and see whether my posts were on time or not. 

Well recently I saw in some sites, my Rangolis have been posted after masking the water mark. I usually put the mark a little away from the designs so that people who want to learn these designs should not face any problem and the designs should be clearly visible. It really hurts when I come across such things. First they don't take permission to use my photos. OK  at least they should link back to my site or mention the source(my site) and leave my water mark on them. 

I spend so much time on creating these designs and posting them. Most of them are my own. I can make money by publishing a book instead of sharing them freely with you all, isn't it? But I share them so that one can learn and use them freely, for personal purpose-not post them as their own on their sites. They should really be ashamed of themselves for stealing my work, masking them and posting them as their own. It really put me off. 

But I promised to post many new designs. So here is one Rangoli a traditional combination of water lilies/lotuses and butterflies:

21 dots in the center row, straight dots till 1. Join as shown.

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Diwali Special

21 dots, five rows in the center. Then 19, 17, 15...till 5 in the last row on either side. Join as shown.

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Diwali Special

24 dots-8 rows in the center, 22, 20, 18........till 8 dots on either side.

 Center block 8X8 dots

8X8 dots. The last two rows of 6 and 4 dots I have added as a border.

You can also just draw the above blocks alone for a small Rangoli.

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Diwali Special

21 to 1 straight dots. 

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Dasara Special

From tomorrow the NavaRatri/Navaratra meaning 9 nights start. During these days we pray to Mother Goddess Adi ParaShakti or Bhavani  in her various forms- Bala Tripura Sundari, Lalitha, Durga, Kaali, Gayatri, Lakhsmi, Saraswati, Mahishasura Mardhini and so on. The 10th day is celebrated as Vijaya Dashami- victory or triumph of Good over Bad.

Well I am going to post some Rangolis I created specially for this occasion. 

This is 21 to 1 straight dots. I chose lotuses as these are dear to the Mother. So let us welcome Simha Vahini(riding on a lion) Mata Rani and lay the carpet of lotuses for Her  inviting Her into our homes....

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Here is one more square Rangoli. 

This is 15 X 15 block. 

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Lotuses N Fishes


Friends it has been a long time since I posted Rangolis. Here I am posting a square one 11X11. Very simple and very easy.

Hope you like it.

Watch out for Ugadi and SriRamaNavami specials. Since Chaitra Navaratris start now and worshiping Mata Rani i.e Goddess Durga or Laitha for these 9 days is very good, we can  draw these Lotus or other Rangolis with Sri Chakra.

Keep a watch.....

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Republic Day Special

A small and simple Rangoli for Republic Day. Apart from Tricolour Flag, I have used Lotus as this is our national flower.

Number of dots for this Rangoli are 15 dots per row-13 rows-i.e. 15X13. Join as shown. Very easy isn't it?

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Lotus Pond

Here is one more bigger Rangoli:

27 dots-9 rows in the center, 25,23,21.dots...upto 9 dots on either side and then 3 dots  on all four sides. Join as shown.

If there are any doubts you can mail me.

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11 dots per Row-7 Rows

9 dots per Row- 1 Row

7 dots per Row- 1 Row

Join as shown.

I am posting so many Lotus Designs as the coming month is Sravana and Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped during this month. She likes Lotuses. So if we decorate our houses or yards with these Rangolis, Goddess Lakshmi will bless us with riches and prosperity.

More to come...Keep a watch......

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                 Lotus Rangoli

This is 14X14 square of dots -in each row 14 dots, 14 such rows of dots and join as shown above. This Rangolis has Swastika in the center and Lotus on all the corners as well as Lotus buds. So this Rangoli can be drawn for Lakshmi Pooja and on Fridays.

This is a square Rangoli. Rangolis are generally Circular, Square or in Diamond shape. Rangolis of square shape fill in the area completely and are beautiful.

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One more Rangoli on Lotus. This is very easy to draw and is suitable for any occasion like marriages or other ceremonies, Laksmi Pooja, Diwali or other festivals as Lotus is a devine flower.

For this Rangoli, place 15 dots- 5 rows, then leaving one dot on each side per row until you get 5 dots on all sides. Join as shown.


I have coloured them blue/purple and pink/red. Hope you like it..


Watch out for more....

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Lotus Rangoli-10-Lotuses N Butterflies

Friends this is my 100th post on Rangoli. Till now I have tried my best to post on various themes. there are many more themes to be explored and new Rangolis created. there is so much I want to share with you all.  One more thing is I am not able to post some Rangolis for special occasions and festivals on time so that you can use them on that day.

From now onwards I will try my best not to miss out on such occasions. But As I am mostly travelling, it is very difficult to find time to properly pen these Rangolis and post them. But I will try. 

I would also like to know your suggestions and comments or requests on this topic.

Here I am sharing with you one more Rangoli on Lotus.

               Lotuses N Butterflies

This is the center portion.

21 to 1 dots should be placed as shown above. Join the dots to get Rangoli as shown in the photo above.

Hope you liked it. Do drop in your comments...Thank you

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Lotus Rangoli-9--Lal Kamal and Neel Kamal

Friends I promised to post some big Rangolis. Here is one. Not so big but yes big.

You have to place 17 dots 7 times. Then on one side leaving one dot of the above row on each side place 15 dots ie., straight  below the dots of the  above row. Similarly place, 13, 11 and so on till 7 dots in the last row. Repeat this on the other side. Then join them as shown above. Colour according to your choice.

This is from my designs of Blue and Pink Lotus series. Hope you like them. Do leave your comments and suggestions if any .

Keep a watch on my blog more to come....