Janmashtami rangoli: a flute and feather, a butter pot, Krishna's footprints

Rangoli laid at the door or before the shrine on Janmashtami night, to copy in powder or petals. Each design is a full pattern seen from above: a bansuri laid across a peacock feather inside a ring of lotus petals, a matki overflowing with butter, or a doorway trail of baby Krishna's footprints between two peacocks. Copy them in fine powder, in petals, or in freehand flowing strokes. Type another motif and the same styles draw it.

• a doorway rangoli on Janmashtami night
• a shrine or puja room floor
• a rangoli contest entry
• a practice design before the festival

Frequently asked questions

What do the three styles look like?

Powder colours are smooth fields of rangoli powder with thin white lines. Flower petals are built from marigold, rose and jasmine with leaves. Freehand uses broad curved strokes filled with blue, yellow and pink.

What floor are the designs shown on?

Each design is on a plain floor: dark for the powder, stone for the petals and black for the freehand style.

Is this a step-by-step guide?

No. The pictures show finished designs to copy, not a stage-by-stage build.

Can I ask for another motif?

Yes. Type the motif you want and the same styles are drawn. The nine shown here are the samples.

About toile

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.