Draw This Rangoli for Sankranti

Design facts

Dot grid

8 to 8 dots — 8 rows of 8, 64 dots

Occasion

Sankranti

Video

4 min 26 s, uploaded 9 January 2020

Views

6,846 on YouTube as of 11 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Draw This Rangoli for Sankranti

1. Mark the 8-to-8 dot grid.
2. In the centre draw a small circle around the middle dot.
3. In each of the four quadrants draw a two-lobed cloud shape beside the centre, closed on its outer side by a diagonal band combed with short lines and edged with small scallops.
4. Behind each band, toward the outer corner, draw an angular block holding a spiral ringed with dots.
5. On each of the four corners attach a small fan of triangular blades to the spiral block.
6. On the middle of each side, between the units, draw a small four-petal flower with pointed petals and dots in them.

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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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