New Flower Rangoli Kolam

Design facts

Dot grid

7 to 3 dots — tapering from 7 dots across the middle down to 3

Tradition

Kolam

Video

5 min 5 s, uploaded 3 October 2021

Views

11.9 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw New Flower Rangoli Kolam

1. Mark the 7-to-3 dot grid — rows tapering from 7 down to 3.
2. In the centre draw a four-petal flower with broad rounded petals around a dot, and set a pointed veined leaf between each pair of petals.
3. From the centre flower sweep long S-shaped curving lines out along the four diagonals, rolling their ends into spiral curls.
4. On the top, bottom, left and right draw a large flower of three notched heart-shaped petals with a dot centre and dot-tipped stamen strokes in each petal.
5. Flank each of the four outer flowers with two pointed leaves and close its outer tip with a cross-hatched cone.
6. On the diagonals shape the curl ends into paisley buds filled with spirals and stripes, and add small round-petalled flowers between them and the outer flowers.
7. Thicken all outlines and fill the leaf tips with white to finish.

Related designs

• Small Muggulu 7x3x3 Dots
• Rangoli Designs With 7 to 3 Dots
• Pretty Flower Muggulu With 7x3x3

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