Get Creative with Your Bhai Dooj Rangoli This Year: 10 Designs to Inspire You and Set the Stage for This Special Festival (2020)

A brother-sister relationship is always special. An emotional roller coaster of fights, tears, screams, and laughter and bonding of love built on trust and togetherness. Bollywood songs have paid tribute to the Bhai- Behen Jodi with a number of heart touching songs like the yesteryears Bachchan hit ‘Dekh Sakta Hoon Main’ and there are also special occasions dedicated to this bond. Bhai Dooj is one of those celebrations of the evergreen brother-sister story.

Bhai Dooj has an interesting story to tell.

Once, Yamraj, the Hindu God of Death visited his sister Yami. She welcomed him warmly with an aarti, tilak, garland of flowers, and his favourite sweets. Yamraj blessed her and named the day as Yama Dwitiya. It falls on the Shukla paksha Dwitiya of Kartika month which is on the second day of Diwali. On this day the sisters pray for the long life and success of their brothers.

Bhai Dooj is also linked to another story where Lord Krishna after killing Narkasur paid a visit to his sister Subhadra. She welcomed him with aarti, tilak, flowers, and sweets.

There is a third story revolving around Bhagwan Mahavir. After the nirvana of Bhagwan Mahavir, his brother Nandivardan was depressed and lonely. During this time he found solace in sister Sudarshana. Bhai Dooj is celebrated as a salute for the caring sisters.

There are slight variations in the custom in different regions. In Nepal tilaks of seven colours while in Bengal the tilak is made of kajal and sandalwood paste. In some places, the lamp is placed facing south in the thali. And what do women without brothers do? In Haryana and Maharashtra, they worship the moon instead. If the brother lives far away and cannot visit the sister, she sends her prayers and wishes through the moon. Sweets are prepared in plenty for the occasion and vary with the region. Maharashtra welcomes Bhai Dooj with basundi poori and West Bengal with Khaja.

The pooja thali is decorated with wonderful rangoli designs. You can also buy thalis that come with pre-decorated rangoli. Choose a medium-size thali so that everything can be placed without crowding. The thali is beautifully decorated by the sister and roli, rice, aipun, and coconut are placed in it. Coloured grains, flowers, buds, beads, and sequins also find a place in the thali adding to its beauty.

Everyone has a different talent. Some know how to make others smile, some know-how to make rangoli and gifts. But of course, every brother and sister want to gift something to each other. Buying something from the market is a different thing but doing something for other people, making some effort will surely be loved by others. This time BP-Guide is coming with some tips for both easy rangoli making and DIY gifts. Try these and make your brother/sister feel loveable.

Try DIY gifts that will stand out for their creativity. It makes an impact of care and love as well. You can introduce your mix of fun and memories into these gifts adding your brother's favourite colours or tastes.

Use gift cards along with the gifts. Select some message that talks about something special about your relationship.

Put some sweets and flowers in the thali and make it attractive. It makes a perfect gift for Bhai Dooj.

We have put together designs for you to decorate and get appreciated by your brother and DIY gifts that are great to display your love.

Before you start on the rangoli design, read the required items common for all the designs and keep them handy.

Try this simple design with beautiful green leaves and bright purple and red flowers.It is quick and easy with the green giving the message of prosperity. Before you start to, keep a fine-toothed comb handy to trace the wave patterns.

This rangoli design is drawn by joining dots. The pattern is a bit difficult and it might take a little bit of practice to get the design right.

This rangoli design is drawn by joining dots. The pattern is a bit difficult and it might take a little bit of practice to get the design right. It is shaped like an octagon and stands out from the usual square and round designs. The whole design centres around flowers making it attractive.

Is this the first time you are trying to do a rangoli. Do not be nervous. We have a few simple designs for you. These patterns are extremely simple and are meant to help beginners. Let's try the basic star pattern here drawn of two triangles and dots.

This is perfect for a beginner for it is amazingly fast and simple to draw, while you get a beautiful design that looks complicated.

This rangoli design uses both flowers and colours and It takes a bit of practice to draw this one.

Before you begin, apart from the colours keep a wooden plank, a rectangular lid cover, and a wide-toothed comb handy. You also need three medium-sized plastic rings for drawing the outside circles.

These rangoli designs are highly creative and look complicated. The details that go into each design makes it awesome. These designs are meant only for experts. Most of these designs follow a circular pattern with floral designs and decorations along the outer circles.

The best thing to do on Bhai Dooj is to spend the time with your brother. Have fun, reminisce, and bond together and then give him a sweet gift that he'll cherish

Give your brother a gift that you have made out of the things lying at home. Your thoughtfulness and effort will definitely be appreciated. A DIY gift always stands out than a store-bought one for the care that went into it.

Your brother will love the look of gadget this pen holder gives.

You can make a beautiful bracelet for your brother in as less than 10 minutes. This bracelet is a perfect gift that your brother will love wearing always.

Here is a great idea to make a keychain at home and impress your brother.