Design facts
- Dot grid
- 13 to 7 dots — tapering from 13 dots across the middle down to 7
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Occasion
- Diwali
- Video
- 4 min 49 s, uploaded 27 October 2019
- Views
- 1.3 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw 13 To 7 Chukkalu Deepawali Rangoli
- Mark the 13-to-7 dot grid — rows tapering from 13 in the middle down to 7 at the ends.
- In the centre draw a diya — a rounded bowl with a pointed flame rising from it.
- Ring the diya with six small dot-in-circle motifs spaced evenly around it.
- Around them build a ring of six six-pointed stars joined point to point, place a dot in the centre of each star except the top one, and draw a small looped motif in the top star.
- At each of the six outer corners draw a crescent cup with two curled, pointed tips and a small pointed leaf in its outer hollow.
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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