Design facts
- Dot grid
- 8 to 8 dots — 8 rows of 8, 64 dots
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Tradition
- Kolam
- Motif
- Pot
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Video
- 3 min 2 s, uploaded 29 January 2020
- Views
- 39,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Beginners Flower Pot Kolams 8-8 Dots
- Mark the 8 to 8 dot grid — eight rows of eight dots.
- On each of the four corners draw a plus-shaped cross of two straight lines, each three dots long.
- Turn each cross into a flower: draw a teardrop petal with a dot inside along each arm, then draw a wide scalloped outline round the outer three-quarters of the cross, leaving the quarter that faces the centre open.
- End each scalloped outline with a spiral curl at both ends, one beside each arm bordering the open quarter.
- Between each flower and the centre draw a square and cut it corner to corner with a wide diagonal band so it reads as two triangles with a stripe between them.
- In the centre draw a small loop flower — a dot ringed by looped petals on a short stem.
- Go over all the outlines in white.
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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