Design facts
- Dot grid
- 4 to 4 dots — 4 rows of 4, 16 dots
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Tradition
- Muggulu
- Video
- 8 min 39 s, uploaded 20 December 2020
- Views
- 43,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw 4×4 Dots Telugu Muggulu
- Mark the 4-to-4 dot grid — four straight rows of four dots.
- In each quadrant of the grid draw an X through its four dots and close every arm of the X with a loop, making a four-petal flower — four flowers in all.
- Around each loop petal draw a larger rounded petal so every flower has a double outline, and fill the band between the two outlines with short hatching strokes.
- In the gaps above and below the centre, where the paired flowers meet, draw a small double arc filled with short cross strokes.
- At the outer left and right tips of the flowers draw a pointed kite shape holding a small spiral curl and a few dots — four kites, two on each side.
- Enclose the top petal of each upper flower and the bottom petal of each lower flower in a pointed cap with a small cluster of dots and loops inside its tip.
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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