Sankranti Pongal Bhogi Rangoli

Design facts

Dot grid

15 to 1 dots — tapering from 15 dots across the middle down to 1

Video

5 min 35 s, uploaded 8 January 2020

Views

23,000 on YouTube as of 7 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Sankranti Pongal Bhogi Rangoli

1. Mark the 15-to-1 dot grid — a large diamond of dots.
2. In the centre draw a small flower, then above and below it draw a diya with its flame pointing in towards the flower.
3. Above the top diya draw a lotus hanging downward — layered pointed petals crowned with three veined leaves — and below the bottom diya draw the same lotus mirrored, opening upward.
4. From each lotus run a long curling stem out to each side, ending in a closed bud.
5. On the left and right draw a pongal pot lying on its side with its mouth facing outward.
6. Decorate each pot body with a central band of four stacked spirals between zigzag triangles, and fill the neck with diagonal stripes.
7. At the mouth of each pot draw the overflowing pongal as a row of rounded bumps.

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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