Daily Simple Chukkala Muggulu

Design facts

Dot grid

4 to 2 dots — tapering from 4 dots across the middle down to 2

Video

3 min 44 s, uploaded 29 May 2023

Views

7,308 on YouTube as of 11 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Daily Simple Chukkala Muggulu

1. Mark the 4-to-2 dot grid.
2. Draw two vertical and two horizontal lines crossing like a hash, and close each corner with a triangle between the two arms that meet there.
3. In the centre square draw a four-petal flower with a dot in each petal.
4. In the four side squares draw nested V shapes pointing away from the centre.
5. Fill the four corner triangles with a cross-hatched lattice.
6. At each corner add a fan of curled petal loops.
7. On the middle of each side draw a spiral curl that sweeps out into a pointed flame-shaped leaf.

Related designs

• Dipawali Muggulu
• Pulli Vacha Kolangal
• Janmashtami Rangoli Designs

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