Rangoli Dot-Grid Pattern Book for Diwali

This year she wants to draw the rangoli at the front door herself, instead of holding the bowl of colors while her aunt does it.

This 36-page book teaches rangoli on a grid of dots. Page 2 explains how to read a pattern page and how to set out the dots at the door. Page 3 covers rangoli and kolam, the Tamil tradition from South India with its own way of drawing, and lists the five days of Diwali for 2026 and 2027, the two years printed, from calendars made for New York and for New Delhi. The main day, Lakshmi Puja, is Sunday 8 November 2026 in both; in 2027 it is Thursday 28 October in New York and Friday 29 October in New Delhi. The page asks her to check the day with her family or temple. Pages 4 to 33 hold 30 patterns: ten easy (5 or 7 rows of dots), ten medium (9 or 11 rows) and ten grand (13 or 15 rows). Each pattern page shows the finished design in color on its dots, the dot count, colors to try, and the order to draw it in three to six numbered steps, each with a small picture and plain directions such as "2 right and 1 up". Page 34 has practice grids, page 35 a color plan for all twelve colors in the book, and page 36 a log for the rangoli she draws on each day of Diwali.

The patterns are squares, diamonds, petals and stars made by our own program with true symmetry. No deities or sacred symbols are drawn. Prints on US Letter or A4.

This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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