5 to 5 Peacock Rangoli for Diwali

Design facts

Dot grid

5 to 5 dots — 5 rows of 5, 25 dots

Video

3 min 48 s, uploaded 14 October 2019

Views

3.7 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw 5 to 5 Peacock Rangoli for Diwali

1. Mark the 5-to-5 dot grid — five rows of five dots.
2. In the centre draw an eight-petal flower of pointed almond petals.
3. On the top, bottom, left and right of the flower draw a lamp — a half-round bowl lined with a row of dots, with a pointed flame on its outer side.
4. On each of the four corners draw a peacock head with a round eye, a pointed beak and a curled crest.
5. Curve each peacock's neck around the neighbouring lamp so the four necks frame the four lamps.
6. Re-trace all outlines in thick white to finish.

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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