What is the difference between the three styles?

Coloured powder lays fine powder in mostly yellow and white with soft edges; flower petals uses marigold and jasmine petals with leaves; the drawn chart is flat shapes for copying.

The Bengali name for a floor design made in rice paste; one of the nine is an alpana of this kind.

Which style is easiest to copy by hand?

The drawn chart, which uses bold solid shapes and thin separating lines.

Can I change the design?

Yes. Type a different subject or twist and the design is made to that request; the nine samples stay as shown.

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Saraswati rangoli: veena, swan, alpana

Saraswati rangoli — a round rangoli with a veena laid across its centre, rings of yellow marigold and white petals around it, laid in fine coloured powder, soft grainy edges and smooth heaped lines

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Reading 1Veena

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Reading 3Alpana

Rangoli and alpana for Saraswati Puja on Vasant Panchami, laid before the altar at home, in a school or a puja pandal. The nine are seen from above on a plain floor in yellow and white: a veena across a round, a white swan on blue water among lotus leaves, and a Bengali alpana in rice paste. Type a different subject, such as a lotus, and the design is made to that request.

a floor design at a home puja
an altar design in a school for Saraswati Puja
a pandal floor design for a community
a design to copy for a first rangoli

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between the three styles?: Coloured powder lays fine powder in mostly yellow and white with soft edges; flower petals uses marigold and jasmine petals with leaves; the drawn chart is flat shapes for copying.
What is an alpana?: The Bengali name for a floor design made in rice paste; one of the nine is an alpana of this kind.
Which style is easiest to copy by hand?: The drawn chart, which uses bold solid shapes and thin separating lines.
Can I change the design?: Yes. Type a different subject or twist and the design is made to that request; the nine samples stay as shown.

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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.