Rangoli Designs for Festivals With Dots

Design facts

Dot grid

5 to 3 dots — tapering from 5 dots across the middle down to 3

Structure

Dot-Grid

Video

7 min 1 s, uploaded 19 June 2025

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32,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Rangoli Designs for Festivals With Dots

1. Mark the 5-to-3 interlaced dot grid — the middle row of 5 dots, rows stepping down to 3 at the top and bottom.
2. Draw a large six-pointed star in the centre by overlapping two triangles.
3. Inside the central hexagon of the star draw a small flower with a dot at its heart and six rounded petals, each with an inner vein, reaching the corners.
4. Fill each of the six star points with closely spaced parallel lines.
5. In each of the six gaps between the star points draw nested concentric arcs curving around the star.
6. Enclose the whole in a scalloped ring of arcs, and on the outside add six three-petal lotus buds alternating with spiral curls.

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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

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