Deepam Muggulu Designs Beautiful

Design facts

Dot grid

15 to 1 dots — tapering from 15 dots across the middle down to 1

Tradition

Muggulu

Motif

Diya

Video

6 min 39 s, uploaded 6 December 2020

Views

96,000 on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Deepam Muggulu Designs Beautiful

1. Mark the 15-to-1 dot grid — a diamond of rows narrowing from 15 dots in the middle to 1 at each tip.
2. In the centre draw a large flower of broad petals with eight radiating stamen lines tipped with dots, and add a spiral curl at each of the four diagonal corners.
3. On each of the four sides draw a cluster of four diyas — one beside the flower, two flanking it and one further out — with their flames pointing toward the centre.
4. Behind each diya cluster draw a curved arc lined with dots, ending in a swept leaf on each side.
5. At the outer tip of each side add a heart-shaped bud with a dot.
6. In the four diagonal gaps between the clusters draw a small round flower with a dot centre, then re-trace the outlines in white.

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• Pedda Chukkala Muggulu 15 Dots
• 15-1 Dots Beautiful Kolam Muggulu
• Harvest Festival Kolam 15×1 Dots

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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