Deepala Muggulu 5 to 5 Dots

Design facts

Dot grid

5 to 5 dots — 5 rows of 5, 25 dots

Video

2 min 20 s, uploaded 3 May 2020

Views

197,000 on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Deepala Muggulu 5 to 5 Dots

1. Mark the 5-to-5 dot grid — a square of five rows of five dots.
2. In the centre draw a small spiral beside a ringed dot and surround them with dots and short rays.
3. At the top and bottom draw a fan-shaped lamp with its point towards the centre and a spray of short rays inside the point.
4. On the left and right draw a larger lamp — a rounded bowl between two long pointed petals that curve out above and below — with short rays at its inner point and a pair of spiral curls inside.
5. From the outer edge of each of the four lamps draw a teardrop flame pointing away from the centre and outline it with a row of dots.

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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