Diwali 2024: Go online for fabulous Rangoli designs this year

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Perfect your Pookalam

Learn the traditional art of Pookalam rangoli with this video series. It teaches outlining and filling the rangoli with flowers and focuses on layers with intricate floral patterns.
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Eco-friendly matters

Celebrate sustainably with an eco-friendly, reusable flower rangoli. Learn how to repurpose old cardboard boxes, old newspapers and filler flowers to create classic floral designs.
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Floral tribute

Master the art of crafting vibrant floral rangoli using classic flowers like marigold, roses, and jasmine with this Instagram reel series. These designs enhance mandir or entrance décor and can be elevated by adding diyas and samais.
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Go traditional

Explore the foundational concepts of Sanskar Bharti rangoli through this series where viewers are guided from basic designs like bindu and resha to intricate patterns like swastik and shank.
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The Marathi tutorial

Learn to create beautiful rangoli patterns and borders using motifs like flowers, diyas, and kalash in this easy-to-follow tutorial in Marathi.
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THE STEP-BY-STEP RANGOLI GUIDE

We spoke with rangoli designer Umesh Panchal to gather an insightful step-by-step guide for crafting a classic Sanskar Bharti rangoli design.

Materials:

Coloured powders (green, dark blue, orange, and white)

A flat surface for the rangoli

A pencil or chalk for outlining (optional)

Instructions:

Start by identifying the centre of your tile or surface. Mark a small dot at the centre using a pencil or chalk. Use a round object (like a plate) to trace a large circle around the centre point. Make sure this circle is large enough to fill the space around the centre. Draw two smaller circles closer to the centre point. These should be evenly spaced and concentric within the large circle.

Fill the space within the large circle using green coloured powder. Use dark blue coloured powder to outline the innermost circle. Fill the space between the innermost circle and the second inner circle with orange coloured powder, ensuring it is neatly contained.

Inside the innermost circle, make a swirl in the middle and outline eight more petals using white coloured powder. Fill each petal with a small dot of colour at its centre. Make eight additional dots outside each petal, connecting them to the blue part of the circle. With a loose hand, use white coloured powder to create eight petals around the middle circle. These petals should be evenly spaced. After creating the petals, fill the gap between each petal with alternating colours of green and blue.

Across the outermost circle, create a running pattern by placing dots at finger-width intervals. Connect these dots with each other using small lines to form a continuous design. Create eight larger petals around the outermost circle, similar to the inner petals. Fill these petals with blue coloured powder. Inside each blue petal, make swirls using white powder, adding a dot at the tip of each swirl for decoration. In the space between each pair of larger petals, create smaller white petals. Fill these smaller petals with green coloured powder and add a dot at the top of each. Border the larger and the smaller white petals in the outermost circle with dark blue colour.