15 To 8 Unique Diwali Rangoli Design

Design facts

Dot grid

15 to 8 dots — tapering from 15 dots across the middle down to 8

Structure

Dot-Grid

Occasion

Diwali

Video

3 min 57 s, uploaded 31 October 2019

Views

333,000 on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw 15 To 8 Unique Diwali Rangoli Design

1. Mark the 15-to-8 dot grid for a wide hexagonal field.
2. In the centre draw a dot inside a small circle.
3. Ring the circle with a wreath of interlaced crescent loops and small leaves.
4. Around the wreath draw six lamps — a curved bowl with a pointed flame — one on each of the six sides, each flame pointing outward.
5. Build the hexagonal border from six large banded chevrons — two wings across the top, a nested chevron on each side and two wings across the bottom.
6. Add a small pointed leaf on the outer edge of each chevron.

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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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