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Ratham or Chariot Rangoli

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Dots are easy to count. Dots for these type of Rangolis depend upon the shape of Rangoli. We can enlarge it by  adding more dots appropriately keeping the shape intact.

Note: This one is my own original creation.

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Floral Chariot 

Hi Friends. Hope you are all busy celebrating the festival ith family and friends.

We have successfully completed our one month Dhanurmasam, offering our prayers and thanksgiving to the Lord Narayana, Sun God and Nature through our Rangolis.

Only two more days to go. Tomorrow we will draw a chariot rangoli coming into our homes, inviting the Lord  and day after tomorrow we will again draw a chariot rangoli going out as a farewell to the Lord.

 This is the dot scheme. Wheels and the flag are free hand drawings.

Hope you all enjoyed my Rangolis and tried them. By God's grace, this year I could post the rangolis for the entire month. 

Watch out for more posts on embroidery and crafts as this time, I am going to post many of my projects in various stages.

Wishing you all a very Happy Sankranti/Pongal/Lohri and Bihu once again. See you soon.

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Ratham Rangoli - Chariot Rangoli

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Follow the dots from the Design. The Kalasam in the Center can be drawn with the help of dots or just free hand drawing. The leaf toran is also extra and free hand drawing. This has swastikas in chain rangoli. 

This ends the Dhanurmasam Rangolis. Hope you have liked my Rangolis. 

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Ratham Or Chariot Rangoli

Here is a chariot or Ratham Rangloi. You can note the dots from the design above. I have drawn it as Navaratna Ratham-the chariot studded with nine types of gems. In the center, I have drawn a chair for the Lord to sit and a lamp too. 

Sorry for posting so late. I was so busy today. 

This is drawn on Kanuma(third day of festival) and also on Mukkanuma(fourth day). On Kanuma(3rd day), the chariot is drawn entering into the house. It has come to pick up the Lord who has visited us during the festival. On the 4th day, the chariot is drawn going out of the house. That is the Lord is seated in the chariot and is leaving us and going off to his place. A string (a line) is drawn from the chariot on to the road as far as possible, as if it being pulled away. Usually it is linked with the chariot drawn by the neighbor. This way chariots of one is linked to the other. 

Hope you like it. Watch out I may post some more tomorrow. 

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Chariot or Ratham Rangoli

Another Ratham(chariot) Rangoli that can be drawn on Kanumu, Mukkanumu or the Ratha Saptami festival.

Place the dots as shown and draw the Rangoli. This can also be expanded to get a bigger Rangoli. The flags are extra.

This is easiest one of the chain or Mellicka Rangoli. I din't want to attempt a too complicated Rangoli. But in future I will post some.  Hope you like this one.

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Ratham or Chariot Rangoli

Ratham means chariot. This Rangoli is drawn on the day after Makara Sankranti konwn as Kanumu. This chariot is drawn inwards(entering the house) on Kanumu. on the next day known as Mukkanumu, the chariot is drawn leaving the house. Those I have posted previously are here:

http://summersofindia.blogspot.in/search/label/Ratham%20muggu

Here is one more Rangoli:

Four Chariots. 21 to 1 straight dots....The flag is drawn extra(i.e., no dots )

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Ratham Muggulu


Some more Chariot or Ratham Rangolis. These are very simple ones drawn with the help of 'X' :

Hope you like them.....




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Here is one more Ratham Rangoli. This is much simpler one.

                   Ratham Muggu

This has gone a little askew. I was in such a hurry to draw it and post it, so that you can use it for Ratha Sapthami on 10th. Count the dots for each part, as they are different. Then join the dots as shown. This Ratham Muggu or Rangoli can be drawn foe sankranti or Ratha Sapthami.


Ok here it is I have the picture of the dots. I searched and re did the post. This will be easy for you now.

              Ratham Muggu-Dots

Hope you like this. More to come so keep an eye on my blog.....

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Chariot Rangoli

Chariots or Carts or Cars-known as Ratham in Telugu or Rath in Hindi-the word brings to our mind, Gods, Kings and Queens...Yes Chariots were once the mode of transport used by the kings, queens and the royalty. 

In India it is believed that Gods and Goddesses travel by Chariots. Kings and queens, royalty used this mode of transport. The chariots were made of wood, gold, silver or other metals. There are so many stories and legends associated with chariots.  In Hindu Mythological stories and other literature there are lots of references to the chariots, varieties, their décor, the horses that are attached to it, their wheels and their speed.

Gods and Goddesses are paraded in the villages or near their temples in Chariots during special temple festivals or other occasions. The famous Rath Yatra or Chariot pulling ceremony of Lord Jagannath of Puri is world famous and is attended by millions every year.

When Gods and Goddesses are driven in their chariots, it is believed that pulling the chariots by the people is very auspicious and many vie for it to at least touch the rope dragging it.

Sun God who is called Prathyaksha Narayana means the God who is visible to us, is believed to travel in a chariot with one wheel and pulled by seven horses. He is worshipped daily by us Hindus but specially so on Ratha Sapthami day. Ratha means chariot and Sapthami means the seventh day of the calendar. I will do a post on all this, that is about Sun God, His Chariot and how we worship him on my other blog on spiritual/religious theme shortly.

We are going to celebrate Ratha Sapthami on 10th February 2011. This day we draw the Chariot Rangoli. This Chariot Rangoli is very famous and drawn on the last two days(3rd and 4th days) of Sankranthi festival. There are so many Rangolis on Chariots. But I have created  one specially for this occasion. Here it is:

        Ratham Muggu for Ratha Sapthami

This is 21 to 1 dots-straight dots-that is first row 21 dots next row 19 leaving one on each side and so on till 1 dot. Then join as shown above

 This is the center part. You can see it clearly.

This is one end.

The flags and borders are not included in the above specified dots. That is I have added them separately. 

As you can see, there are four chariots one on each side. I have drawn chariots with one wheel, Sun God, lamps and silver cups for serving the rice and milk pudding to the Sun God. It is a tradition to offer rice and milk pudding to Sun God on Ratha Sapthami day.