Diya Rangoli 8×8 Dots for Beginners

Design facts

Dot grid

8 to 8 dots — 8 rows of 8, 64 dots

Structure

Dot-Grid

Motif

Diya

Difficulty

Beginner

Video

4 min 12 s, uploaded 15 September 2019

Views

19,000 on YouTube as of 7 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Diya Rangoli 8×8 Dots for Beginners

1. Mark the 8-to-8 dot grid.
2. Draw four stepped L-shaped lines — each runs in from the top or bottom edge beside the centre, jogs out one dot, then turns to run out to the side edge — so they enclose a stepped cross-shaped channel.
3. In the centre of the cross draw a twisted square of four hooked strokes that turns like a pinwheel.
4. In each of the four quadrants draw three right triangles against the arms of the cross, turned pinwheel-fashion.
5. On each of the four outer corners draw a small square.
6. Edge the long slanted side of the largest triangle in each quadrant with a row of small scallops, and the slanted sides of the other triangles with short ticks.

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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

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