Design facts
- Dot grid
- 7 to 7 dots — 7 rows of 7, 49 dots
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Video
- 3 min 37 s, uploaded 26 September 2019
- Views
- 2.4 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Beautiful Rangoli With 7 Dots
- Mark the 7-to-7 dot grid — seven rows of seven dots in a square.
- In the centre draw four long pointed petals on the diagonals meeting in an X, with a spiral curl inside each.
- Stretch the petals along both diagonals so their pointed tips reach the four corners, making two long crossing bands.
- On each of the four sides draw two stacked heart shapes pointing in toward the centre, with a short fringe of lines at the base of the inner heart.
- Cap each of the four side arms with a small teardrop at its outer tip.
- On each of the four corners draw a tilted bud — a cup holding two pointed petals — flanked by two spiral tendrils.
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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