Draw once. Watch it bloom.

It is rangoli in much of India, kolam in Tamil Nadu, muggu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and alpana in Bengal.

Kolam is traditionally drawn with rice flour, which also feeds ants and birds.

Many kolams start with a grid of dots, with lines looping around them in one unbroken path.

Diyas, lotus flowers, peacocks and Lakshmi’s footprints are drawn at the doorway to welcome guests and light the way in. Use the festival designs in the Magic tab as a start, then add your own rings.

Kolam, muggu and sikku kolam begin with a grid of dots, and one loop of line wraps around them. Switch on Kolam dots in the Pattern tab to draw one.

In Kerala, Onam is marked with a pookalam, a carpet of flower petals laid in rings. Try 8 or 12 repeats for a petal pattern.

Round designs repeat the same shape around a centre. Pick 6, 8, 12 or more repeats, switch on Mirror, and watch the whole circle fill in.

Draw swirls, leaves and waves with your finger. Every line you draw is copied all the way round, so even a simple scribble looks like a design.

Traditional rangoli uses coloured powder, rice flour, flower petals or chalk. Here you can try all 18 traditional colours without the mess.

Open the Pattern tab and choose how many times your drawing repeats around the centre.

Draw with a brush, change colour in the Colours tab, and use Undo if you slip.

Save the picture, share it on WhatsApp, or keep it in My rangolis on this device. Nothing is uploaded unless you add it to the community.

Rangoli is a floor art from India, drawn with coloured powder, rice flour or petals at doorways during festivals such as Diwali to welcome guests.

Kolam is the Tamil Nadu form, usually drawn with rice flour and often built on a grid of dots. Rangoli is the wider name, often with more colour.

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