2005 Diwali Rangoli- Sanskar Bharati

Just came across this snap by chance when copying data from old CDs. I had seen this rangoli in a newspaper and wanted to try it. This is a Sanskar Bharati rangoli. They are basically free hand designs where motifs are practiced and later incorporated to form large rangolis.

Think this was drawn somewhere in November 2005 on Diwali.

Tulsi Pooja Rangoli

On Tulsi Pooja Day, Deepa, Nirupa & I colored it together. It was getting pretty late in the evening.

The Rangoli before adding color

Blue & Pink look so different in this pic -

My Diwali Rangoli

Usually, I'd make rangoli's of about 5 feet or bigger. But this time, I wasn't intending to be drawing one. Take a look at my last minute rangoli. What I like about this one is that it starts +'s instead of the usual dots...

 The rangoli starts with an array of +'s

The first set of joins, like a Z

The 2nd set of joins

The final rangoli, sans color

The first color. If you observe, unlike traditional rangoli's, here the colors are not symmetrical

The 2nd color

The 3rd color

The 4th color