These are the patterns you see before you enter any ones house in India especially in Andhra Pradesh. These patterns are called Muggu in Andhra Pradesh, Rangavalli in Karnataka, Rangoli in Hindi and Kolam in Tamilnadu. They are made with calcium or chalk powder and the device used to make them is fingers, using thumb and fore finger. No training classes or any institute to teach them, they are learnt from friends or elderly women in home. Generally when women wake up in the morning first thing they does as part of a chore is cleaning there courtyard with water and making a Muggu pattern. In a country where people believe cleanliness is next to godliness they first start there work from cleaning courtyard and the significance of Muggu is people believe that Goddess Lakshmi enters there house which is clean and the symbol of cleanliness is with Muggu.
On this land of festivals every festival got its own pattern of Muggu. Diwali patterns are filled with colors and lights. Sankranti Patterns are filled with colors, flowers and gobhemalu. Gobhemalu are round objects which are made of cow dung. Generally these are done
by girls during Dhanurmasam (telugu month). In this month of telugu calender, Muggu is made after sun set it self. They believe king of demons Bali Chakravarthy come from Pathalaloka (Hell) to Earth before sun rises he tries to invade in those houses where they don't worship God. So as a symbol to there worship people make Muggu after sunset in this month of Telugu calender. They sent off this month by a Ratham(Chariot) Muggu.
Muggu with Gobhemalu.
Ratham Muggu (Chariot)----------------------------->
