Design facts
- Dot grid
- 14 to 2 dots — tapering from 14 dots across the middle down to 2
- Video
- 4 min 34 s, uploaded 13 January 2022
- Views
- 1.5 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw 14 to 2 Pongal Special Pot Kolam
- Mark the 14-to-2 dot grid.
- In the centre draw a diamond and inside it a dot ringed by four pointed petals on the diagonals, with a spiral curl in each of the diamond's four points.
- On each of the four diagonals draw a round pot with its mouth facing outward and divide its body into a square grid with a dot in each square.
- Top each pot with a wide rim edged in tiny scallops.
- Heap three rounded mounds of overflowing pongal on each rim and fill them in white.
- On the top, bottom, left and right draw a four-petal flower with notched petals, a small circle at its centre and two short strokes in each petal.
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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