11 Pulli Kolam

Design facts

Dot grid

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

Video

3 min 58 s, uploaded 7 January 2025

Views

9,915 on YouTube as of 9 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw 11 Pulli Kolam

1. Mark the 11-to-1 dot grid.
2. In the centre draw a large four-petal flower with broad petals, then a smaller four-petal flower on top of it with a dot at its heart.
3. On each of the four sides draw a butterfly with its head towards the centre — two upper and two lower wings around a segmented body.
4. Mark each wing with a small white ring and give each butterfly two curling antennae.
5. On the four diagonals between the butterflies draw a small four-petal flower with a dot in the middle.
6. Fill each butterfly and each large central petal in its own colour, with green bodies and turquoise small flowers.

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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