Diya and Lakshmi Puja rangoli designs

For Diwali night itself: the lamp, the kalash, small feet walking in at the door, and lights in every direction, to draw where Lakshmi Puja is done.

• Diya

  Simple

  The diya is the light of Diwali, the lamp that drives out the dark.

  You’ll need Saffron, magenta, yellow and white colours, and chalk. No dot grid: two straight lines are enough.

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  Step by step4 stages

  1. Chalk guide. Draw a straight chalk line across for the rim of the lamp, and an upright line through its middle for the flame.

  2. Outline. Draw the bowl as a curve under the rim, a small stand below it, and a tall drop-shaped flame on the upright line.

  3. First colours. Fill the bowl with magenta, then the rim, the stand and the outer flame with saffron.

  4. Finished. Give the flame a yellow and white heart, dot the bowl, draw rays of light and ring it with white dots.

• Lakshmi’s footsteps

  Simple

  Small feet walking in at the door invite Lakshmi into the home on Diwali night.

  You’ll need White, magenta and yellow colours (or rice paste for the white), and chalk. No dot grid.

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  Step by step4 stages

  1. Chalk guide. Draw two short upright chalk lines side by side, the right one a little higher, one for each foot.

  2. Outline. Draw a foot round each line, wide at the front and narrow at the arch, with five toe dots above it, the big toe inside.

  3. First colours. Fill both feet and their toes with white, as rice paste is used at the door.

  4. Finished. Add a small magenta flower on each sole, yellow dots round each heel and a row of magenta dots at the threshold.

• Kalash

  Medium

  The kalash, a pot of water crowned with mango leaves and a coconut, stands for a full and happy home.

  You’ll need Saffron, yellow, green, magenta and white colours, and chalk. No dot grid: one circle and two lines.

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  Step by step4 stages

  1. Chalk guide. Draw a chalk circle for the pot, an upright line through it and a short line across its top for the rim.

  2. Outline. Draw the neck, the rim and a small stand, then a coconut on the rim and two mango leaves on each side.

  3. First colours. Fill the pot with saffron, the rim, stand and coconut with yellow, and the leaves with green.

  4. Finished. Draw a magenta flower and a necklace of white dots on the pot, a thread round its neck and a ring of white dots round it all.

• Ring of diyas

  Detailed

  Eight lamps round a lotus bring the light of Diwali to every direction, with Lakshmi’s flower at the heart.

  You’ll need Magenta, saffron, yellow, white and green colours, and chalk. No dot grid: three circles cut into eight.

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  Step by step5 stages

  1. Chalk guide. Draw three circles round one centre with chalk and four lines through the middle; each lamp sits where a line meets the middle circle.

  2. Outline. At each meeting point draw a small upright lamp, a bowl with a lip and a flame, then an eight-petal lotus in the middle.

  3. First colours. Fill the bowls and the lotus with magenta, and the flames with saffron.

  4. More colours. Give each flame a yellow heart and each lamp a saffron lip, and add white petals and a yellow centre to the lotus.

  5. Finished. Draw a green leaf between each pair of lamps and finish with saffron, yellow and white dots.

• Star mandala

  Detailed

  Stars of light at the door echo the lamps of Diwali night and the bright new year it begins.

  You’ll need Deep blue, saffron, yellow, magenta and white colours, and chalk. No dot grid: four circles cut into eight.

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  Step by step5 stages

  1. Chalk guide. Draw four circles round one centre with chalk and four lines through the middle, cutting the circles into eight equal parts.

  2. Outline. Draw an eight-pointed star on the lines, sixteen petals between its points, and a sixteen-pointed star round the outside.

  3. First colours. Fill the big star with saffron, the ground behind the petals with deep blue and the small star with yellow.

  4. More colours. Fill the sixteen petals with magenta and the middle of the star with white.

  5. Finished. Add eight saffron petals and a blue heart in the middle, then white and yellow dots round the stars.

Saffron, magenta, yellow and white colours, and chalk. No dot grid: two straight lines are enough.

1. Step 1 · Chalk guide

   Draw a straight chalk line across for the rim of the lamp, and an upright line through its middle for the flame.

2. Step 2 · Outline

   Draw the bowl as a curve under the rim, a small stand below it, and a tall drop-shaped flame on the upright line.

3. Step 3 · First colours

   Fill the bowl with magenta, then the rim, the stand and the outer flame with saffron.

4. Step 4 · Finished

   Give the flame a yellow and white heart, dot the bowl, draw rays of light and ring it with white dots.

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