Amazing Big Peacock Muggulu

Design facts

Dot grid

15 to 8 dots — tapering from 15 dots across the middle down to 8

Tradition

Muggulu

Motif

Peacock

Video

4 min 30 s, uploaded 1 November 2019

Views

1.5 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Amazing Big Peacock Muggulu

1. Mark the 15-to-8 dot grid — fifteen dots across the middle row, narrowing to eight at the top and bottom.
2. In the centre draw a circle with a dot and run six straight spokes out from it.
3. Between the spokes draw six diamonds and frame each in an arrow-shaped cell so the lines build a six-pointed star.
4. Around the star join the dots into slanted bars that pair up in V shapes at the ends of the arms.
5. In the notches beside the bars draw peacock heads — an eye, a small beak, a curled crest and a scalloped neck.
6. Between the arms draw large pointed leaves, each holding an inner teardrop with a dot.
7. Line the bars with dots and re-trace all 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

Read more

• Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
• Peacock Kolam
• Motifs and Symbolism