11 Chukkala Muggulu

Design facts

Dot grid

11 to 1 dots — tapering from 11 dots across the middle down to 1

Video

2 min 58 s, uploaded 16 November 2022

Views

11,000 on YouTube as of 9 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw 11 Chukkala Muggulu

1. Mark the 11-to-1 dot grid — rows narrowing from eleven dots in the middle to one at each end.
2. In the centre draw a square holding a four-petal flower, and round each side of the square with a semicircle.
3. Fill each semicircle with concentric arcs.
4. On the top, bottom, left and right draw a large two-winged motif — two rounded wing lobes either side of a pointed bud of interlaced loops.
5. Link the centre to each winged motif with a short stem flanked by a pair of spiral curls.
6. On each diagonal around the centre add a heart-shaped motif with a small pointed leaf and a curl.
7. Decorate the wing lobes with small circles and fill the central buds with stripes.

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Further reading

• Venkatraman Gopalan & Brian K. VanLeeuwen, “A topological approach to creating any pulli kolam, an artform from South India”, Forma 30, 35–41 (2015). doi:10.5047/forma.2015.005