Design facts
- Dot grid
- 9 to 5 dots — tapering from 9 dots across the middle down to 5
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Tradition
- Kolam, Muggulu
- Video
- 4 min 6 s, uploaded 13 March 2020
- Views
- 127,000 on YouTube as of 1 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Big Flower Kolam Muggulu 9×5
- Mark the 9-to-5 dot grid — rows tapering from 9 in the middle down to 5 at the top and bottom.
- Around the outside of the grid draw six six-petal flowers — one at the top, one at the bottom and two down each side — each with short stamen lines radiating from its centre.
- In each of the six gaps between the flowers draw a pointed leaf with a centre vein and slanting side veins — one on each side and four on the diagonals.
- In the centre draw a small circle with a dot and build a large flower of six rounded petals around it over the inner dots.
- Fill the spaces between the big flower and the outer ring with spiral curls — a small curled sprig above and below the flower and pairs of spirals on the four diagonals.
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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