Graph-Theoretic Insights Into Traditional Rangoli Design

Authors: Vijayalaxmi S Suvarna

Abstract: Rangoli is the traditional art form that is drawn in the early morning and evening in front of the house and pooja places. According to Hindu faiths, it signifies positivity, beauty, health, happiness, and liveliness in a household and is drawn to welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good luck. Rangoli is used to decorate both inside and outside of one’s house. It serves as a form of floor decoration, and expresses one’s creativity. It is often looked as a type of self-portraiture, it remains largely unchanged over the years, which many find beautiful and pleasing. The purpose of rangoli is beyond decoration. The paper presents an analysis of rangoli designs using graph theory. The graph theoretic principles such as planarity, connectivity, Euler graphs are used to understand, analyze and classifying rangoli designs. Thus, it helps in understanding cultural designs through graph theory.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17837378