Latest Roja Kolam Designs

Design facts

Dot grid

11 to 3 dots — tapering from 11 dots across the middle down to 3

Tradition

Kolam

Video

3 min 56 s, uploaded 20 January 2019

Views

25,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Latest Roja Kolam Designs

1. Mark the dot grid — rows widening from 3 at the top to 11 across the middle and narrowing again below.
2. At the bottom centre draw a short vertical stem with a broad curved leaf on either side and two small leaf buds above them.
3. On top of the stem draw the main rose: a spiral bud in the centre wrapped by cupped petals, with a pointed outer petal curving out on each side.
4. Draw two more roses on each side of the stem — one at mid height and one lower — each turned outward, with the same spiral bud and cupped petals.
5. Add another rose in the middle of the stem between the side pairs.
6. Add small pointed leaves at the sides and top, spiral curls between the roses, and a few short strokes inside the petals for veins.
7. Re-trace in white.

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• 11×3 Traditional Muggu
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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