Here is my interpretation of Jayaji's puzzle. The clue made it much easier.
8-petalled green flower gives the top view of the tress and squares the plots. Hope my answer is correct.
Dot grid:
25 - 5 lines
leave 5 dots, then again 25 - 5 lines
25 - 5 lines
leave 5 dots, then again 25 - 5 lines
top: leave 7 dots, then 8 dots - 5 lines, from RHS 5 dots- 5lines
down: 5 dots- 5 lines, from RHS leave 7 dots, then 8 dots - 5 lines.
Confusing dots then easy with free hand too 
Sorry for making this late. Since we had to put the real rangoli, took some time for to get a work-break and finish, as usual on my table. Rajammaji gave us Times New Roman alphabets, I made them in Monotype Corsiva font & got see an "R".
Dedicated to Rajammaji for making this site more lively with all the puzzles….ok ma’m we are ready for next :party:
Here is my answer. Joined the motif to form a flower basket (inspired by the tradional starflower basket). This one does not give any space at all.
dot count 21 X 1 and add stop till 16 dots on the top and extra (two motifs) near the handle.
btw... how did i first start? check the right side pic with all 25 pieces assembled on my comp-table ;-). Now i have the puzzle blocks, need to arrange as needed
Though not a correct puzzle answer, used the 8 + 1 units to form this design. I am saying +1 because the center-unit varies in the dots (5X5) with other units(4X4). Center small square is free hand enlcosing the center dot.
Dot grid 13 X 13 or 13 dots - 7 lines and reduce in steps till 7.
Thanks Rajammaji, waiting for the next puzzle
Here comes two of my versions of Rajammaji's puzzle after mergeing the units joined at the corner points. Done just with basic MSPaint. Slightly gave a curve to make the pinwheel different. Hope to try sometime in real with kolapudi.
The dot grid 16 X 16 - remove extra dots or
16 - 4 lines and then decrease in steps to reach 4 on each side.
While trying rajammaji's puzzle, got to make a smaller design and ended up extending to make this stars design. I am sure many of us would have tried the corner design.
btw, still working on the puzzle :), oh seeing a new clue ...till then enjoy this
Happy Yugaadi to all.
'Yuga' meaning 'era' and 'aadi' means 'the beginning’.
Lakshmi ma'm has already provided more details of the festival
A simple festival decoration done last year, not sure how i missed this to share.
Have a blessed year ahead.
Here is the MahaShivarathri rangoli done at home asusual on a table. Praying Lord to bestow his blessings on all of us.
13 X 13 straight dots.
I had the PC version uploaded earlier, which i was planning for Karthika, luckily i was able to make it on this special day. Had to exclude the borders, due to space & time. Hope for best next time.
PC version: http://www.ikolam.com/node/26566
