Kundala Muggulu Kolam

Design facts

Dot grid

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

Tradition

Kolam, Muggulu

Video

2 min 39 s, uploaded 13 January 2020

Views

6,783 on YouTube as of 11 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Kundala Muggulu Kolam

1. Mark the 5-to-3 dot grid.
2. In the centre draw a round pot with a row of dots across its middle band and a fan-shaped flower with a teardrop centre on its lower half.
3. On the pot's mouth draw a striped rim over a scalloped neck, and heap a scalloped, cloud-shaped mound overflowing above it.
4. Beneath the pot draw a spread of broad heart-shaped petals, each holding a small heart, with a striped wing petal on each side of the pot.
5. Curl a spiral at the tips of the outer petals — five spirals around the lower edge.
6. On each side of the pot curve a segmented stalk upward, and top the left stalk with a crown of five pointed leaves.

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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

Read more

• The Kolam Style Families
• Tamil Nadu
• Andhra Pradesh and Telangana