Traditionally the Rakhi thali is the same as the thali for the pooja of the deities. The Rakhi Thali contains a diya, roli or tika, rice, sandalwood, incense sticks. In the Raksha bandhan thali, the rakhis are kept along with the moli.
Rakhi Thali Decoration Idea with Sandalwood:
1. Swab sandalwood paste with water over entire thali. After it is dry, make an auspicious Swastika with Roli (Red kumkum) at the center of thali.
2. Decorate the space between Swastika with yellow petals of marigold, and the entire swastika with a boundary box of rose petals. Circle edge boundary of thali with rose petals.
3. Decorate the thali fringe with satin, beads and tassels.
4. Place beetle leaves at the centre and on four sides of the thali. Place roli, Rakhi, akshat and sweets on all four beetle leaves. Place the diya on the center beetle leaf.
5. Decorate the space between beetle leaves with dry fruits.
6. You Thali is ready for Rakhi tying ceremony.
Rakhi Thali Decorations
1. Floral Thali - You can decorate the thali with different fresh colourful flowers. Either fill the entire thali with the flowers or decorate them only on it's boundary. Thali can be decorated by single color flowers also. Instead of entire flower only the petals of flower can also be used for decoration.
2. Dry-fruits Thali - Decorate these rakhi thalis with dry fruits like cashew nuts, chestnuts, raisins, cocoa nut, pistachio, almond, betelnut etc. One after another many circles of different dry- fruits can be made which gives a colourful look. Or an entire base of mixed dry fruits can also be prepared.
3. Roli-turmeric Thali - The thali can be decorated with roli and turmeric. You can use them as liquid by mixing a little water to roli and the turmeric. The red and yello combination of these two will give a traditional look to your thali.
4. Collage Thali - Different colourful paper cuttings can be used for the decoration. Though the thali will wear a look of collage painting. The papers used in such decoration could be plain papers with single color or the printed papers containing some or other pictures on them.
5. Choco-toffee Thali - This type of decoration will attract the children more. The area of thali can be divided by drawing lines of chocolates and toffeees. And in every division a different item could be kept. Like the Rakhi, diya, sweets, roli and akshat.
6. Painted Thali - These rakhi thalis can also be ecorated with painting colors. Pour the paint colors in the palette, hold the brush in your hands and let your imagination fly. You can make geometric, floral, landscape or other themes on the thali.
7. Sweets Rakhi Thali - The sweets could be used as decorative items. Either put full pieces of the sweets in a decorative manner or you can also put small pieces of sweets by cutting them in different shapes. You can also use a combination of them.
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