
Design facts
- Dot grid
- 5 to 5 dots — 5 rows of 5, 25 dots
- Video
- 7 min 45 s, uploaded 13 August 2021
- Views
- 37,000 on YouTube as of 7 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Latest Diya Kolam With 5×5 Dots
- Mark the 5-to-5 dot grid — a centre dot with further dots set out on the diagonals around it.
- Above the centre dot draw a half-round diya bowl with its rounded base towards the centre.
- Repeat the bowl below and to the left and right of the centre so four diyas face outward around the centre dot.
- Close the top of each bowl with a rim of two leaf-shaped lobes that meet in the middle.
- From the dip of each rim draw a pointed almond flame pointing away from the centre.
- Inside each bowl draw a small spiral near the rounded base.
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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