Kite Rangolis

Here are some of my Kite Rangolis. 

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Rangoli 409

Rangoli 410

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Rangoli 388

I have provided with the links. There are many other Kite Rangolis. Do search my blog. Hope you like them. If you have tried these let me know.

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Kites Rangoli

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21 to 1 Straight Dots

Kites! Sankranti, Makar Sankranti, Pongal what ever is the name of the festival, it is not complete without kites. They are colourful and these day s come in so many shapes and sizes. 

Kites are an interesting subject for Rangolis, as they are easy to draw and 

Hope you like this Rangoli.

Please check my blog from time to time as I will be posting more Rangolis each day. 

Note: This one is my own original creation.

Most of these designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog in any format.

Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You.

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Pongali Pots and Kites

Wishing you all a very Happy, Prosperous and Joyous Sankranti.

NOTE: Most of these designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog . Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You

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Kites Rangoli

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21 to1 Straight Dots

Wishing You all A very Happy, Prosperous and Joyous Sankranti. 

NOTE: Most of these designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog . Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You.

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Kites and Parasols

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19 to 1 straight dots

NOTE: Most of these designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog . Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You.

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Kites and Flowers

19 to 1 Straight Dots

This one is very simple and easy to draw and also to colour. Well kites are part of this festival in some parts of India. Isn't it? So I always have some of them in my Rangolis.

Hope you are liking my Rangolis.

NOTE: These designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog . Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You.

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Kites and Flower pots

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15X15 Straight Dots. 

This is a square Rangoli. Hope you like it. 

This is the season for kites. People enjoy flying kites and competitions are also held.  Especially in North India, it is a tradition to fly kites on Makara Sankranti Day.

Watch out for more Rangolis....

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Pongal-Sankranti Special 

21- 7 times(in the center) to 7 straight dots. 

Kites, Pongali Pots, sugarcane, Gobbilu (pyramid shaped mounds made of cow dung- decorated with pumpkin flowers, placed in the center of Rangolis), red jujube berries(read more in the link below) and colourful rangolis reflect the festive spirit. Hence I have used all those elements in my Rangoli. 

http://spiceomylife.blogspot.in/2011/11/jujube-crispies.html

Hope you like this Rangoli....watch out for more...

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Pongal-Sankranti Rangoli

This is 23 to 1 straight dots. Pongal(rice dish) pots and kites with chain rangoli reflect the festive spirit of Sankranti or Pongal. Watch out for more....

Wishing you all A very Happy, Prosperous and joyous Makar Sankranti/Pongal/Lohri/Uttarayan/Maghi and known by many names in different parts of India. It is also celebrated by Srilanka, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia and many other countries.

Tomorrow as Sun enters Capricorn, the period of six months till the Sun enters, Cancer-the Sun moves towards North is considered very auspicious for Hindus. Read more about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarayana

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Umbrellas and Kites 

19 to 1 straight dots. This is an easy one. Hope you like it.

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Water Lilies and Kites

21 to 1 straight dots. Celebrating the spirit of Makar Sankranti/Pongal festival....Watch out for more Rangolis ....

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Kites

This is the time for flying kites, as winds are favourable. Kites, festivals, competitions are held. We get to see many shapes and sizes of kites. So here is Kites Rangoli specially for you all on the occasion of Makar Sankranti or Pongal:

21 dots- 7 rows in the center to 7 dots- straight dots.

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Kites Rangoli

Flying kites during this month and especially during the Makar Sankranti festival is a tradition observed in most of the North India. Now a days kite festivals are conducted in open places as people don't find much space or time to fly these kites in cities or towns. So here is Kites Rangoli celebrating the spirit of Sankranti.

21 dots 7 rows in the center then, 19, 17...till 7dots.

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Sankranti-Pongal Special

19X 19 dots. This Rangoli has, Pongali pots, Gobbillu, Sugar canes, kites, sweets lamps and Rangolis. This is all what the festival of Sankranti or Pongal is about. Hope you like it. Watch out for more....




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Sankranti Special

25 dots-3 rows in center, 23, 21,.....to 3 dots-straight dots ie., one placed below another. This Rangoli reflects the spirit of the festival. 

The clay pots with Pongal(a rice preparation), which is prepared sweet and spicy separately and the recipes vary from house to house. It is then offered to God.

Kites-which are flown during this period mostly in North India and some parts of our state as the winds are favourable for kite flying,

Gobbillu-cow dung shaped into pyramids and decorated with pumpkin flowers, vermilion and turmeric are placed on the Rangolis in the morning and evening for the entire month of Dhanurmaasam and worshipped as Goddess Gauri. Young girls worship her and request for a good husband and happy life. The young girls of the neighbourhood visit all the houses worshipping these Gobbillu. They also sing songs known as Gobbi Paatalu (songs of Gobbillu), while circumbulating the Gobbillu, either clapping hands or with kolatam sticks. These songs are folk songs handed down over generations from the ladies of the house to their girl child. They contain praise of Goddess Gauri, and also requests for what type of husband they want.

Sugarcane-the green ones you can see reflects that new crop has arrived at the households in the villages. This is basically a harvest festival or agricultural festival celebrating harvest as well as the Sun entering the Zodiac sign of Capricorn.

In the center you can see the logs and the fire. This being winter season at its peak, huge bonfires are lit on the first day of the festival known as Bhogi. All the old and unused clutter is cleared from the houses and burnt. Huge logs are placed in the cross roads of the villages, towns or cities and burnt. It is where children, men and women gather together to celebrate.

The star of David or the Sri Chakra I have drawn represents the festival of Rangolis drawn each day morning and evening reverently for a month. This festival is festival of Rangolis too....

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KITES

Friends here is one more Rangoli . This time it is Kites. Kite flying is a sport- an ancient one. I will write in details about it some other time. But every child loves to fly Kite. Children collect Kites of different shapes, sizes and colours.  In Northern and Western India this time of the year say August to October and  January to March as the light breeze helps in flying Kites. Sankranthi or Makar Sankranthi or Pongal is celebrated through out India in different ways. Kite flying and competitions in kite flying are much popular during this festival.

So keeping this in view here is Kite Rangoli...

This is 21 to 1 dot. Just see how the dots are placed and joined. 

This is what Rangoli is about-reflecting every day life, celebrating festivals and other events. Women create different Rangolis drawing inspiration from every day life.