Design facts
- Dot grid
- 8 to 2 dots — tapering from 8 dots across the middle down to 2
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Tradition
- Muggulu
- Video
- 3 min 1 s, uploaded 21 August 2019
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- 31,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Latest Friday Muggulu Designs 8 to 2
- Mark the 8-to-2 dot grid — the middle row of 8 dots, rows stepping down to 2 at the top and bottom.
- In the centre draw four interlocking L-shaped hooks spiralling around a small central square to form a pinwheel.
- Around the pinwheel draw a stepped diamond outline that climbs one dot per step, joining the outer ends of the hooks into its sides.
- Draw a second stepped outline outside the first so the shape reads as a thick cross with double-lined stepped arms and square tips.
- On each of the eight corners of the arm tips draw a pointed leaf edged with a fringe of short lines.
- Go over the outlines in white.
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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