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ACTIVITy 4 U

DOTTY OVER DESIGN

Rangolis are designs made on the
entrance and courtyards of homes during
festivals. It is done to welcome the gods.
It also attracts positive energy and good
luck.
Designs are handed down from mother to
daughter and designs also have specific
meanings!!

Illustration by: Raga Priyanka K., Connect the dots to make your own
VII-B, Angappa Edu. Trust Sr. Sec. design.
School, Coimbatore

KINDS OF RANGOLI

KOLAM AND
alpana: it is a very famous form of rangoli which
is popular in the east. it is made by using rice ALGORITHM !
paste which is derived by grinding rice. Kolam helps in
Kolam: it is a form of rangoli which is very understanding
famous in the south. it is made by using rice of picture
powder/chalk powder and coloured powders languages
derived from natural ingredients. Pookolam which can be
is made of flowers specially during onam. used in the
development
aipan: it is a traditional form of rangoli of computer programming.
which is made by women in uttrakhand. it is mathematicians are struck by the
made on the floors of houses on auspicious link between kolams and various
occasions. branches of mathematics. did

Muggu: Popular in andhra Pradesh, it is made you know that lines are drawn,
after cleaning the floor connecting the dots very often
with cow dung slurry, in a single, continuous curve
as it is considered to symbolise the never-ending
to have antiseptic cycle of birth, death, continuity
properties. and eternity!!

Muggu Kolam aipan alpana Pookolam

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