Design facts
- Dot grid
- 16 to 6 dots — tapering from 16 dots across the middle down to 6
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Motif
- Butterfly
- Video
- 5 min 45 s, uploaded 4 December 2020
- Views
- 154,000 on YouTube as of 1 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Butterfly Rangoli Design With Dots 16 By 6
- Mark the 16-to-6 dot grid.
- Across the middle rows join the dots into the outlined block numerals 2021.
- Above the numerals draw three flowers in a triangle — two on top, one below between them — each with a spiral centre and four notched petals marked with short lines.
- Add small spiral curls in the gaps beside the flowers.
- At each end of the upper band draw a butterfly with dotted wings and a striped body.
- Below the numerals mirror the band — three spiral-centred flowers, spiral curls and a butterfly at each end.
- Fill the gap under the flag of the 1 with small dotted florets.
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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