January 2016

Margazhi Month which is also known as Tamil Margali Masam is considered a very auspicious month for religious activities. This month starts closer to 15 December of any year and ends around 15 Jan of the new year (exact dates vary and are one or two days around 15th). During this period Sun is closest to the earth and gravitational pull from the Sun is at its maximum.

Margazhi month is also famous and various Hindu festivals and events occur in it. Hanuman Jayanthi and Ramana Maharishi Jayanthi are some festivals which fall in this month. It is considered as the month of Bhakti, Music and Kolams. During Tamil Margali Masam days are shorter and nights are longer.

Drawing Kolams in front of the house during this month is considered auspicious. In this article we bring to you several rangoli's which were made to celebrate Margazhi month. The designs are from the stable of Uma Raja and Rangoli artists from various places in Tamil Nadu.

Margazhi Kolam 1

Margazhi Kolam 2

Margazhi Kolam 3

Margazhi Kolam 4

Margazhi Kolam 5

Margazhi Kolam 6

Margazhi Kolam 7

Margazhi Kolam 8

Margazhi Kolam 9

Margazhi Kolam 10

Margazhi Kolam 11

Margazhi Kolam 12

Margazhi Kolam 13

Margazhi Kolam 14

Margazhi Kolam 15

Margazhi Kolam 16

Margazhi Kolam 17

Margazhi Kolam 18

Margazhi Kolam 19

Margazhi Kolam 20

Margazhi Kolam 21

Margazhi Kolam 22

Margazhi Kolam 23

Margazhi Kolam 24

Margazhi Kolam 25

Margazhi Kolam 26

Margazhi Kolam 27

Rangoli designs with Dots are the easiest to make and can speed up your efforts to produce an excellent Kolam art in a short span of time. The process of creating Rangoli with Dots involves focusing your design on the basic dots of different count. In this post we bring to you several designs from scratch (starting with dots) till the end to inspire you and also enable you to recreate the following designs again. Do share your inspirational designs with us and the art followers.

Please find below Rangoli designs which have starting image to the end rangoli design a artist ends with using dot method. All the following designs are courtesy of Rani. You can see more of her designs on this page.

Rangoli with Dots Design 1: This design uses 12*4 dots wherein we start with 4 dots on all the sides and then eventually take them to 12 in the center. By following the dots and creating uniform design around them we end with Rangoli shown in the third image.

Rangoli with Dots Design 1

Rangoli with Dots Design 2: This design uses 7*7 dots which are drawn straight from top to bottom. The base is then used to bring the final output as shown step by step.

Rangoli with Dots Design 2

Rangoli with Dots Design 3

Rangoli with Dots Design 4

Rangoli with Dots Design 5

Rangoli with Dots Design 6

Rangoli with Dots Design 7

Rangoli with Dots Design 8

Rangoli with Dots Design 9

Rangoli with Dots Design 10

Rangoli with Dots Design 11

Rangoli with Dots Design 12: Explained over 3 images below.

Following are some more Rangoli designs by Rani which have been created using the dots method. Do let us know your feedback and reviews in the comments section.