Design facts
- Dot grid
- 8 to 2 dots — tapering from 8 dots across the middle down to 2
- Structure
- Dot-Grid
- Occasion
- New Year
- Video
- 1 min 59 s, uploaded 28 November 2025
- Views
- 8,862 on YouTube as of 9 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw New Year Rangoli Designs with Dots 2026
- Mark the 8-to-2 dot grid.
- Across the middle of the grid write 2026 in hollow, double-lined numerals.
- Above the numbers draw a flower with a spiral in a round centre, a notched petal on top and a rounded petal on each side.
- From each side petal sweep a long pointed leaf out to the left and right, framing the top of the numbers.
- Below the numbers draw the same flower turned upside down — spiral centre, two side petals, a petal at the bottom and two long pointed leaves.
- Draw three short strokes inside the side petals of both flowers and inside the lower flower's bottom petal, then add a fringe of short lines under the top flower's centre.
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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