Diya mehndi design: one diya, a diya row, a diya thali

Diya mehndi is built around the clay oil lamp, for Diwali and Karva Chauth. The pictures show a single lit diya in the centre of the palm, a row of five along the base of the fingers, and a round thali with three diyas on the back of the hand. Each comes in bold black, fine detail or henna brown. Type a change, such as with rangoli, and the design is drawn from that request.

• a Diwali design for the hand
• a Karva Chauth design with a lamp motif
• a reference sheet for a henna artist
• a festive print for a wall or a card

Frequently asked questions

What is a diya?

A small clay oil lamp, lit at Diwali and other festivals.

How do the three diya designs differ?

One diya at the centre, a row of five along the fingers, and a thali with three diyas and petals on the back of the hand.

Can I add a rangoli?

Yes. Type with rangoli, and the request is drawn from those words.

Are these photographs?

No. They are flat design sheets drawn on white paper.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.