Creative 7 3 3 Kolam

Design facts

Dot grid

7 to 3 dots — tapering from 7 dots across the middle down to 3

Tradition

Kolam

Video

9 min 35 s, uploaded 2 September 2021

Views

24,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Creative 7 3 3 Kolam

1. Mark the 7 to 3 dot grid.
2. In the centre draw a small daisy — a dot ringed by tiny round petals.
3. On each of the four axes draw a lotus pointing outward: a pointed lens petal in the middle with a short bar across its outer tip, a curved petal on each side and a spiral curl at its base.
4. Between the centre daisy and each lotus draw a small heart.
5. Join the four lotuses with curved stems that sweep from base to base, forming a rounded diamond around the daisy, and tuck a spiral tendril and a small leaf into each diagonal corner.
6. Crown the outer tip of each lotus with a fan of small rounded petals and short radiating strokes.
7. Re-trace in white.

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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

Read more

• The Kolam Style Families
• Tamil Nadu