Bhai Bij rangoli
Bhai Bij (Bhai Dooj) · 10 or 11 Nov 2026 · about 60 cm · 40 minutes · 6 colours

A Bhai Bij rangoli: a yellow thali with a diya, a bowl of laddoos and flowers, inside a red ring of white dots and big pink and purple flowers.
Colours you need
- yellow
- red
- pink
- purple
- green
- white
Steps
- Draw a big circle for the thali, then a diya, a bowl and a flower inside it.
- Draw a ring around the thali and eight big flowers outside it.
- Trace every line with white powder.
- Fill the thali yellow, the ring red with white dots, and the diya and bowl red and orange.
- Fill the outer flowers pink and purple, and the leaves green.
With little ones: an adult draws the outline, children fill the big shapes with their fingers. Light the diyas only at the end and keep them out of reach.












