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A rangoli on the occasion of Diwali, Goa, India A rangoli made with flowers on the occasion of Onam Rangoli at Delhi, India Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered limestone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks.
Kolam (Tamil: கோலம், Malayalam: കോലം, Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ), also known as Muggu (Telugu: ముగ్గు), Tarai Alangaram (Tamil: தரை அலங்காரம்) and Rangoli (Kannada: ರಂಗೋಲೆ) is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions. It ...
Buddhist architecture often applied mandala as the blueprint or plan to design Buddhist structures, including temple complex and stupas. [ citation needed ] A notable example of mandala in architecture is the 9th century Borobudur in Central Java, Indonesia.
The design may show Ganesha, peacocks, women at work, tigers, floral motifs, etc. [3] Such paintings are also called Mandala in most of the parts of Nepal. [ citation needed ] Mandana art work from Shilpgram, Udaipur
Swastik Rangoli Kalakar Group is a Vadodara based group formed in 1985 by rangoli enthusiasts who decided to work collectively and promote this almost forgotten traditional Indian art. The group holds various exhibitions in Vadodara and around.
Traditional floor designs of Rangoli made art a part of everyday household ritual for Madhvi, and this morphed in the first introduction to early forms of painting. [7] In the initial days of their married life, artist-husband, Manu Parekh gifted Madhvi a book called Pedagogical Sketchbook by Paul Klee , a Swiss German artist [ 8 ] which formed ...
Image of a kuberakolam. A kuberakolam, rendered kubera kolam, is a magic square of order three constructed using rice flour and drawn on the floors of several houses in South India.
Chowk-poorana or Chowkpurana is folk art practised in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. [1] In Uttar Pradesh, the term chowk-poorana refers to decorating the floor with various designs using flour and rice [2] and also the walls using designs specific to the region.