Various Types of Rangoli Designs

Ethnico is a great website for ethnic design inspirations. You can find beautiful Rangoli designs, Mehndi designs, makeup tutorials and ethnic wear in their website.

Rangoli is a very popular artwork in most Indian families. Different types of rangoli designs are created to embellish the house in religious occasions, weddings and festivals. It is strongly believed that Rangoli brings good luck and prosperity to the home. 

The origin of rangoli designs is from centuries before. Many people say that our scriptures had references of beautiful rangoli designs. However, over the centuries, the art has changed to a large extent and now there are various kinds of rangoli designs that people make to adorn their house in auspicious occasions.

Rangoli is known by various names in different parts of India such as Alpana in West Bengal, Kolam in Tamil Nadu and Mandana in Rajasthan. A rangoli design is generally drawn with lime stone powder or chalk powder. Rice flour was traditionally used for creating rangoli designs as it acts as food for birds and insects.

Simple Rangoli Designs

If you are a beginner and you are interested in adorning your house with some beautiful rangoli designs, you can try out some of these simple rangoli designs for religious occasions such as Diwali.

If you are looking for beautiful rangoli designs for weddings, you can try out this pink rangoli.

Peacock Rangoli Designs

Peacock rangoli designs are extremely popular because they look so beautiful. If you are good at drawing, then you must try to create a beautiful peacock rangoli in festivals and religious occasions such as Krishna Janmashthami. Do not forget to use appropriate colors for the perfect effect. Here are some peacock rangoli designs that will surely inspire you. 

Carpet Rangoli Designs

For weddings and festivals, you can also create carpet rangoli designs in your home. Carpet rangoli designs look beautiful in the living room. Here are some beautiful carpet rangoli designs that you can try.

Acrylic Rangoli Designs

Many people also prefer to embellish their house with Acrylic Rangoli or ready made rangoli, Here are some beautiful Acrylic Rangoli designs. 

The next time, you have a festival or a religious occasion at home, you can beautify your living room or the entrance of your house with one of these rangoli designs.

Note: All the images have been sourced from the website of Ethnico.

Rangoli Design Inspirations for every occasion

Rangoli is a beautiful Indian art form in which people create various kinds of patterns on the floor with colored sand, dry flour or flower petals. It is made during auspicious occasions and various Indian festivals such as Diwali, Pongal and Onam. Apart from serving as an object of decoration, Rangoli also brings prosperity and good luck to a house.

I am personally very fond of this art form. I cannot help but admire the intricate Rangoli designs wherever I see them. Every year on Diwali, I rack my mind for a unique and attractive Rangoli design that can make my house look beautiful and bring prosperity to it.

Rangoli designs can be of various kinds, such as flower shaped Rangoli, geometric shaped Rangoli or deity impressions. The more creative you are, the more you can experiment with your designs. Ethnico is a website that provides ethnic design inspirations such as Rangoli designs, Mehndi designs, etc. It is your ideal destination if you are looking for some great Rangoli design inspirations for any occasion.

You can find various kinds of Rangoli Designs on the website of Ethnico that will help you to adorn your house beautifully and creatively.

The enamel Rangoli in sky blue color is perfect for your home décor. It can add a great welcome feel to anyone visiting your house. 

For festivals like Diwali, you can create one of these colorful Rangolis in your living room to make it look colorful. All these Rangoli designs look very attractive and radiant. They can easily change the look of your living room and make it look beautiful.

If you have a huge courtyard, then you can also create a Rangoli to welcome your guests in occasions such as New Year. 

You can also find Floral Rangoli designs on the website. These Rangolis look beautiful and they are made totally by using flowers and flower petals. Floral Rangolis can also be made on water. You can take inspiration from this design to create a floral Rangoli on water.

Floral Rangolis look beautiful. They add a lot of warmth, happiness and positivity to a house. So next time, you create a Rangoli, don’t forget to take Rangoli design inspirations for every occasion from Ethnico.

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Key features of Kolkata, the City of Joy

The Victoria Memorial located in the heart of Kolkata

Born and brought up in Kolkata, I can never find any city in India that I can love more than the City of Joy. Every city has its own set of limitations and Kolkata is no different. However, the warmth, the love and the festive spirit of this city compensates for many of its limitations.  The best thing about Kolkata is definitely the enthusiasm for having fun and joy.

 Can you imagine a long queue of people standing in front of a Durga Puja pandal for as long as 2 hours anywhere else? People of Kolkata never miss an opportunity to enjoy life. They are crazy about adda (gossiping) about football, politics, literature, music, food and so on. Many people cannot understand the happy-go-lucky nature of the people in this city and end up calling them lazy.

Let’s look at the City of Joy in respect to 3 interesting key features:

Drive

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The two bridges that connect Kolkata with Howrah railway station are the Vidyasagar Setu and Howrah Bridge. Both the bridges connect the city with Howrah over the Ganges. Traffic congestion is quite common in Kolkata and therefore, a network of flyovers and expressways such as Belghoria Expressway and Kona Expressway are being created to make the traffic situation better.

If you drive in Kolkata, you can face a lot of traffic congestion in the busiest parts of the city. However, there are some parts of the city which are not so congested such as Salt Lake and Rajarhat where you can drive smoothly.

Design

The city of joy is spread roughly north to south along the east bank of the river Hoogly. The oldest part of the city is North Kolkata, which is characterized by narrow alleyways and 19^th century architecture. North Kolkata includes areas such as ShobhaBazar, ShyamBazar and Dum Dum.

Central Kolkata contains Esplanade and B.B.D Bagh (Dalhousie Square) on its east and Strand Road on its west. It is the hub of business and includes areas such as Park Street, Camac Street and A.J.C Bose Road. 

The lush green, Maidan

The beautiful lush green, large open field called Maidan is located in the heart of the city. The Kolkata Race Course and the gorgeous Victoria Memorial are located at the southern part of the Maidan.

South Kolkata developed post independence. It includes areas like Ballygunge, Jadavpur, Tollygunge, NewAlipore and Behala. 

There are two planned townships, namely Salt Lake City and Rajarhat in the greater Kolkata region. In the 2000s, the Sector V of the Saltlake City developed into a huge business hub for telecommunication companies and information technology.

Connect

Kolkata was the very first city in South Asia to have an underground metro railway. The metro line of the City of Joy is mostly underground, unlike that of Delhi metro.  The metro line begins at Noapara in the North, passes over Esplanade and ends in New Garia at south. So, the city is well connected by metro, which makes it easier to travel from north to south or vice versa.

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Apart from metro, all regions of Kolkata are connected by government and private buses which make it convenient to travel to any part of the city. There is a central bus depot at the Esplanade from where you can also get long distance buses.

The meter taxi/cabs are also available at all regions in Kolkata. Apart from that, rickshaws and auto rickshaws help in covering small distances.

The only airport in the city is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, located at Dumdum which operates both domestic and international flights. The two major railway stations of Kolkata are Sealdah Railway Station and Howrah Railway Station.

So, that’s the Drive, Design and Connect features of my lovely city. 

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