Design facts
- Dot grid
- 6 to 2 dots — tapering from 6 dots across the middle down to 2
- Tradition
- Kolam, Muggulu
- Occasion
- Daily, Ugadi
- Video
- 3 min 33 s, uploaded 12 March 2022
- Views
- 7,853 on YouTube as of 9 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Beautiful Daily Kolams Ugadi Designs Muggulu
- Mark a small square grid of dots in the centre.
- Around the grid draw a diamond with rounded corners from four straight diagonal lines.
- Inside the diamond draw four teardrop petals, one in each quarter, with their points turned toward the centre.
- On the middle of each diagonal side draw a large flower opening outward — a fan of pointed petals springing from one point on the frame.
- On the outer side of each flower draw a spiral bud wrapped in broad wavy petals.
- Mark short fringe lines inside each of the broad outer petals.
- Beside the base of each flower add short curving tendrils that end in small spiral curls.
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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