Rangoli, the Glossary
Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered lime stone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks.[1]
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- Asian folk art
- Objects used in Hindu worship
- Sand art
Acrylic paint
Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion and plasticizers, silicone oils, defoamers, stabilizers, or metal soaps.
Alpana
Alpana or alpona (আলপনা) is a Bengali folk art style, traditionally practiced by women, and consisting of colored motifs, patterns, and symbols that are painted on floors and walls with paints made from rice flour, on religious occasions.
Alvars
The Alvars (lit) were the Tamil poet-saints of South India who espoused bhakti (devotion) to the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu, in their songs of longing, ecstasy, and service.
Andal
Andal (ஆண்டாள்; ISO 15919: Āṇḍāḷ), also known as Kothai, Nachiyar, and Godadevi, was the only female Alvar among the twelve Hindu poet-saints of South India.
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
Bihar
Bihar is a state in Eastern India.
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.
Chandigarh Airport
Chandigarh Airport, also called Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, is a customs airport serving the union territory of Chandigarh, India.
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Chennai
Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a landlocked state in Central India.
Chowk poorana
Chowk-poorana or Chowkpurana is folk art practised in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Rangoli and Chowk poorana are Asian folk art and Indian art.
Cosmos
The cosmos (Kósmos) is an alternative name for the universe or its nature or order.
Crayon
A crayon (or wax pastel) is a stick of pigmented wax used for writing or drawing.
Diwali
Diwali (Deepavali, IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions.
Gujarat
Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.
Hindi Wikipedia
The Hindi Wikipedia (|) is Modern Standard Hindi edition of Wikipedia.
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Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Jhoti chita
Jhoti chita (jhoṭi citā.) is a traditional Odia white art mostly shown in rural areas of Odisha.
Karnataka
Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.
Kerala
Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.
Kolam
Kolam, also known as Muggu, Tarai Alangaram and Rangoli is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions.
Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.
Lakshmi
Lakshmi (sometimes spelled Laxmi) also known as Shri, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.
Mandala
A mandala (circle) is a geometric configuration of symbols.
Mandana painting
Mandana paintings are wall and floor paintings of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Microcosm–macrocosm analogy
The microcosm–macrocosm analogy (or, equivalently, macrocosm–microcosm analogy) refers to a historical view which posited a structural similarity between the human being (the microcosm, i.e., the small order or the small universe) and the cosmos as a whole (the macrocosm, i.e., the great order or the great universe).
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Odisha
Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.
Onam
Onam (IPA) is an annual harvest and cultural festival celebrated by the people of Keralam.
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Pancha Bhuta
Pancha Bhuta (पञ्चभूत), five elements, is a group of five basic elements, which, in Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation.
Pattern
A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas.
Peafowl
Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies).
Pigment
A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance.
Pongal (festival)
Pongal, also referred to as Thai Pongal, is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils.
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Punjab, India
Punjab (Also and other variants) is a state in northwestern India.
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India.
Sevā
(also transcribed as) is the concept of selfless service that is performed without any expectation of reward for performing it.
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Sri Vaishnavism
Sri Vaishnavism is a denomination within the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, predominantly practiced in South India.
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Stencil
Stencilling produces an image or pattern on a surface by applying pigment to a surface through an intermediate object, with designed holes in the intermediate object.
Symbiosis International University
Symbiosis International (Deemed University), is a multi-campus private, deemed university located in the city of Pune, India.
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.
Telangana
Telangana (ISO) is a state in India situated in the southern-central part of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau.
Tihar (festival)
Tihar (also known as Deepawali and Yamapanchak) is a five-day Hindu festival of Diwali celebrated in Nepal and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Gorkhaland (particularly the towns of Darjeeling and Kalimpong), which host a large number of ethnic Indian Gorkhas Diwali is referred to as Tihar in Nepal, Sikkim and Gorkhaland and is marked by lighting diyo inside and outside the home but unlike Diwali in other parts of India, the five days of Tihar include celebration and worship of the four creatures associated with the Hindu god of death Yama, with the final day reserved for people themselves.
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Tradition
A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.
Tux (mascot)
Tux is a penguin character and the official brand character of the Linux kernel.
Universe
The universe is all of space and time and their contents.
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal (the official name until 2007), is a state in northern India.
Vijayadashami
Vijayadashami (translit-std), more commonly known as Dussehra, and also known as Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri.
West Bengal
West Bengal (Bengali: Poshchim Bongo,, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India.
Wikipedia logo
The logo of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, is an unfinished puzzle globe—some jigsaw pieces are missing at the top—each inscribed with a glyph from a different writing system.
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Yajna
Yajna (also pronounced as Yag) (lit) in Hinduism refers to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras.
See also
Asian folk art
- Bagh print
- Bagru print
- Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation
- Chinese folk art
- Chowk poorana
- Indian folk art
- Kantha
- Nakshi kantha
- Pabalat
- Rangoli
- Shataranji
- Truck art in South Asia
Objects used in Hindu worship
- Altar
- Banalinga
- Banana leaf
- Bhog
- Biruda
- Chithrakkoodakkallu
- Dhunachi
- Dhuni
- Dhupa
- Diya (lamp)
- Fly-whisk
- Garland
- Ghanta
- Japamala
- Jyoti Kalash
- Kalasha
- Kamandalu
- Kavadi Aattam
- Khirapat
- Kindi (vessel)
- Leaf plate
- Lingam
- List of materials used in Hinduism
- Litter (vehicle)
- Mukhalinga
- Murti
- Panchamrita
- Pandal
- Pinda (riceball)
- Prasada
- Rangoli
- Sarpa Kavu
- Shaligram
- Shankha
- Tilaka
- Tulasi Vrindavana
- Types of shaligrams
- Upanayana
- Vibhuti
- Xorai
Sand art
- Bonkei
- Bonseki
- Goa Sand Art Festival
- International Sand Sculpture Festival
- Karen Fralich
- Klaus Boesch
- M N Gowri
- Magdalen Islands sandcastle competition
- Marc Treanor
- Marmotinto
- Mysore Sand Sculpture Museum
- Penjing
- Rangoli
- Sand animation
- Sand art and play
- Sand drawing
- Sand festival
- Sand mandala
- Sand paintings
- Sandland (Antalya)
- Su Dabao
- Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture Festival
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoli
Also known as Muggu, Powder drawing, Powder-drawing, Rangavalli, Rangoli dance, Rangolis, Rice-powder drawing.