Design facts
- Dot grid
- 16 to 6 dots — tapering from 16 dots across the middle down to 6
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Tradition
- Muggulu
- Video
- 6 min 50 s, uploaded 19 December 2019
- Views
- 2 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw 16 To 6 Amazing Panduga Pedda Muggulu
- Mark the 16-to-6 dot grid.
- Across the middle write 2020 in four large outlined block digits with bubbly, scalloped edges.
- Above the digits draw a lotus — a tall central bud marked with dots, rows of pointed petals fanning out to each side, and a row of upright rounded petals beneath.
- Below the digits draw a second lotus with a spiral in its central petal and pointed petals rising on each side, set on a base of curved lines.
- On each of the four corners draw a bird facing outward — pointed beak, round eye and a small curled crest.
- Around each bird add spiral curls, with small feather strokes along the breasts of the two lower birds.
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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