9 to 3 Dots Roja Puvvula Muggulu

Design facts

Dot grid

9 to 3 dots — tapering from 9 dots across the middle down to 3

Structure

Dot-Grid

Tradition

Muggulu

Video

6 min 26 s, uploaded 18 August 2020

Views

3.5 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw 9 to 3 Dots Roja Puvvula Muggulu

1. Mark the 9-to-3 dot grid — nine dots across the middle row, narrowing to three at the top and bottom.
2. At the top of the grid draw a round rose head — a circle with a spiral curling into its centre.
3. Under the rose head draw a cup of two curved petals that wraps the lower half of the circle.
4. From the base of the cup sweep two pointed leaves out to the left and right.
5. Repeat the rose head, cup and leaves on the left and right sides, and at the bottom draw a fourth rose head — a spiral circle drawn to a point towards the centre — so four roses face outward around the grid.
6. Re-trace the rose and leaf 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

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