Dussehra Muggulu Designs

Design facts

Dot grid

5 to 3 dots — tapering from 5 dots across the middle down to 3

Tradition

Muggulu

Video

6 min 20 s, uploaded 28 September 2022

Views

6,133 on YouTube as of 11 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Dussehra Muggulu Designs

1. Mark the 5-to-3 dot grid.
2. In the centre draw a small circle round a dot and ring it with four rounded petals, each marked with two short dashes, with a dot-tipped stalk between each pair of petals.
3. In each of the four corners of the grid draw a pair of pointed petals joined in a V.
4. Join the petal pairs with straight lines so a large square outline encloses the centre.
5. At the middle of each side of the square draw a flower with a spiral eye and pointed petals, crowned on the outside by a bud edged with dots.
6. Over each of the four corners draw a large rose — a spiral centre wrapped in layered petals — and shade the petals lightly in white.

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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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