A paduka is a pair of wooden sandals. In the Ramayana, Bharata ruled Ayodhya with Rama's paduka set on the throne as the sign of Rama's place.

Which style suits a floor?

Coloured powder and flower petals are laid on the ground, and the drawn chart can be traced first with a pencil or chalk.

What is the difference between the styles?

Coloured powder has soft grainy edges, flower petals shows each petal, and the drawn chart uses bold flat shapes with thin white lines.

Can I ask for a different motif?

Yes. Type the motif you want and it is drawn in the same three styles, as a sample rather than a promised design.

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Ram Navami rangoli: bow and arrow, paduka, sun round

Ram Navami rangoli — a round rangoli of a strung bow and arrow at the centre, a saffron flag rising behind them, an outer ring of marigold petals, laid in fine coloured powder, soft grainy edges and smooth heaped lines

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Reading 1Bow and arrow

Reading 2Paduka

Reading 3Sun round

A rangoli laid at the door or before the shrine on Ram Navami. These nine are built on Rama's own signs: a strung bow and arrow with a saffron flag, the paduka sandals on a lotus seat, and a sun round for his line. Each is shown in coloured powder, in flower petals and as a chart to copy by hand. Type a different motif, such as a temple, and the same styles carry it.

a doorstep design for Ram Navami
a rangoli before a home shrine
a practice chart before drawing in powder
a printed festival sheet

Frequently asked questions

What is a paduka?: A paduka is a pair of wooden sandals. In the Ramayana, Bharata ruled Ayodhya with Rama's paduka set on the throne as the sign of Rama's place.
Which style suits a floor?: Coloured powder and flower petals are laid on the ground, and the drawn chart can be traced first with a pencil or chalk.
What is the difference between the styles?: Coloured powder has soft grainy edges, flower petals shows each petal, and the drawn chart uses bold flat shapes with thin white lines.
Can I ask for a different motif?: Yes. Type the motif you want and it is drawn in the same three styles, as a sample rather than a promised design.

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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.