11×3 Traditional Muggu

Design facts

Dot grid

11 to 3 dots — tapering from 11 dots across the middle down to 3

Structure

Dot-Grid

Tradition

Muggulu

Video

5 min 36 s, uploaded 15 January 2020

Views

48,000 on YouTube as of 4 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw 11×3 Traditional Muggu

1. Mark the 11-to-3 dot grid — rows tapering from 11 down to 3 above and below.
2. In the centre draw a diamond and fill it with a lattice of crossing lines; add a spiral curl above, below and on each side of it.
3. On the four diagonals draw a lily bud — a pointed bud between two curved petals — pointing outwards, with a small flower at its tip.
4. At the top and bottom draw a lotus: a pointed central bud with a line of dots down it, a smaller petal on each side, and broad outer petals that curl into spirals at the ends.
5. On the left and right draw a side-view flower — a fan of pointed petals with dotted midribs — framed by curling leaves.
6. Re-trace the outlines in white.

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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

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