Design facts
- Dot grid
- 11 to 3 dots — tapering from 11 dots across the middle down to 3
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Video
- 4 min 6 s, uploaded 8 September 2019
- Views
- 42,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw 11 Dots Rangoli Beautiful
- Mark the 11-to-3 dot grid — straight rows seven dots wide through the middle, narrowing to five and then three at the top and bottom, with eleven dots down the centre column.
- At the top, bottom, left and right ends of the grid draw a lotus bud — a heart-shaped centre petal holding a small teardrop, flanked by two pointed side petals — and tip each side petal with a spiral curl.
- In the centre draw a small ring and four pointed petals pointing to the four corners, and enclose this flower in a frame whose sides curve inward.
- In each of the four cardinal directions, between the centre frame and the lotus bud, draw a larger lotus motif — a central pointed petal with a teardrop inside flanked by rounded lobes — with a doubled outline.
- Link the lotus motifs with curved scalloped lines along the diagonals so the whole design closes into a diamond.
- In the four diagonal gaps between the arms draw a small circle with a dot inside.
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
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