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Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
  • Navagraha Kolam - Sani Bhagavan - saturday
  • Merry Christmas Poinsettia Rangoli
  • Navagraha Kolam - Raahu Bhagavan - tuesday
  • Navagraha Kolam - Sukra Bhagvan - friday
  • Navagraha Kolam - Guru Bhagvan - thursday
  • Twinkling Diwali lights rangoli
  • Diwali Kolam
  • Garnet medallion rangoli
  • Pure aqua rangoli
  • Lavender dew rangoli
Navagraha Kolam - Sani Bhagavan - saturday
Created by Lata on 2005-12-19,

The Navagrahas are the nine important deities of the Hindu religious tradition. The Sani stands for the planet Saturn. This kolam is recommended for drawing on Saturdays in pooja rooms and gives us positive energy from Saturn.

Merry Christmas Poinsettia Rangoli
Created by Lata on 2005-12-19,

This Christmas kolam is an ideal design for your frontyard during the Christmas holidays. It not only beautifies and makes the outside of your home more colorful, but also wishes every passer-by a very "Merry Christmas"!
The grid of dots for this kolam has the following number of dots: the horizontal middle chunk has 4 rows of 16 dots each. Above that, there is a row of 12 dots, followed by 14, 12, 14, 8 and finally 4 dots (one above the other in the sequence given all the way in the UP direction). Now for the other directions: put the same number of dots as in the UP direction i.e 12, 14, 12, 14, 8 and finally 4 dots respectively one below the other row in the DOWN direction. You have to see the picture of dots to make the row of 8 dots (in both up and down directions) because they are irregular, but not difficult to follow. Similarly, you would've to be a bit creative while writing the letter Y in the word MERRY, because you're going to be left with 2 stray dots on either side at the bottom of the Y if you use the capital Y instead of y. Please see the animation to understand what I'm referring to. The flowers in this kolam could be colored red and green to make it look like Poinsettia (keeping the Christmas theme in mind). Dual colors are recommended for the candles. Please click on the blue arrow located at the bottom of the dot grid, to view the animation.

Navagraha Kolam - Raahu Bhagavan - tuesday
Created by Lata on 2005-12-19,

The Navagrahas are the nine important deities of the Hindu religion. They stand for the nine planets in the celestial world. Since Raahu is a planet like entity, it is considered unique to the hindus. Raahu-navgraha kolam is recommended for tuesday mornings.

Navagraha Kolam - Sukra Bhagvan - friday
Created by Lata on 2005-12-19,

The Navagrahas are the nine important deities of the Hindu religion. They represent the nine planets in the celestial world and Sukra or the Venus is one of them. The Sukra-navgraha kolam is drawn for the positive influence of the planet Venus. It is recommended for friday mornings.

Navagraha Kolam - Guru Bhagvan - thursday
Created by Lata on 2005-12-19,

The Navagrahas are the nine important deities of the Hindu religion. Guru - the planet Jupiter is one of them. The Guru -navgraha kolam is drawn for the positive influence of planet Jupiter. It is recommended for thursday mornings.

Twinkling Diwali lights rangoli
Created by Lata on 2005-10-23,

Deepavali / Diwali is celebrated by the hindus world-wide. The word "Deepa" means "light" and "avali" means "a row", which makes Deepavali the "festival of lights". Traditional Rangoli motifs adorn the front-yards and entryways of every house. People light earthen lamps called "diya" on this day, and thank the goddess for the wealth and happiness that she has bestowed upon them.

On this day, people visit friends and relatives and also exchange gifts and sweets. Diwali teaches us to drive away the ignorance, the darkness around us and to uphold the true values of life.

Here is a dotted rangoli; dot count is 19x3. In the following rangoli pattern, after the outlines are drawn, the rangoli is colored with bright color powder. One could also make use of flowers or colored rice for coloring.

Diwali Kolam
Created by Lata on 2005-10-23,

Deepavali or Diwali is celebrated by the hindus world-wide. The word "Deep" means light, and "avali" means "in a row". Deepavali is known as the "festival of lights". Traditional Rangoli motifs adorn the front-yards and entryways of every house. People light earthen lamps called "diya" on this day and thank Goddess Lakshmi for the wealth and happiness that she has bestowed upon them.

On this day, people visit friends and relatives and also exchange gifts and sweets. Diwali teaches us to drive away the ignorance, the darkness around us and to uphold the true values of life.

The pattern shown here is an example of a Diwali kolam/Rangoli. After the outlines are drawn, the design is colored with bright colors.

Rangoli: Garnet medallion rangoli
Created by Lata on 2005-10-21,
This rangoli was published on 2005-10-21.
Pure aqua rangoli
Created by Lata on 2005-10-21,
This rangoli was published on 2005-10-21.
Lavender dew rangoli
Created by Lata on 2005-10-19,
This rangoli was published on 2005-10-19.

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