Design facts
- Dot grid
- 9 to 5 dots — tapering from 9 dots across the middle down to 5
- Tradition
- Muggulu
- Video
- 5 min 44 s, uploaded 7 July 2021
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- 8,833 on YouTube as of 9 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Latest Big Muggulu Traditional
- Mark the 9-to-5 dot grid.
- Around the centre draw six three-petal sprays in a ring — two at the top, one on each side and two at the bottom.
- In the centre draw a six-petal flower with a short line inside each petal.
- Between the centre flower and the sprays draw six large leaves in a pinwheel and fill each with herringbone veins.
- In the gaps between neighbouring sprays draw six pointed leaves facing outward, each with a midrib edged in small dots.
- Beyond each spray draw a bell-shaped flower on a short curved stem, opening outward.
- Fill the spray petals with a soft white wash inside their outlines.
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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