9 Dots Chukkala Muggulu for Festivals

Design facts

Dot grid

9 to 1 dots — tapering from 9 dots across the middle down to 1

Video

4 min 54 s, uploaded 21 November 2019

Views

1.9 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw 9 Dots Chukkala Muggulu for Festivals

1. Mark the 9-to-1 dot grid — nine dots across the middle row, narrowing to one at the top and bottom.
2. At the four tips of the grid — top, bottom, left and right — draw a four-petal flower of pointed petals in a cross, each petal holding a line and a dot.
3. In the four diagonal gaps draw a small bird with a raised pointed wing and a spiral eye, and dot the wing.
4. In the centre draw a fifth four-petal flower to match the outer ones.
5. Link the centre flower to each outer flower with a long curved stem, all curving the same way like a pinwheel.
6. Swing a vine out past each outer flower and end it in spiral curls and a small pointed leaf.
7. Re-trace the outlines in white.

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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