Simple 10-2 Dots Rangoli Design

Design facts

Dot grid

10 to 2 dots — tapering from 10 dots across the middle down to 2

Structure

Dot-Grid

Difficulty

Easy

Video

3 min 44 s, uploaded 29 October 2021

Views

5.5 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Simple 10-2 Dots Rangoli Design

1. Mark the 10-to-2 dot grid — rows tapering from 10 down to 2.
2. In the centre draw a small flower of four pointed petals on the diagonals, with short dot-tipped rays between them on the axes.
3. On the top, bottom, left and right draw four large four-petal flowers with notched heart-shaped petals, a small ring in the middle and pairs of stamen strokes on every petal.
4. On each diagonal draw a looped curl tucked between the two neighbouring flowers.
5. From each loop sweep long curving stems out around the sides of the outer flowers toward the corner.
6. On each of the four corners draw a pointed three-petal bud with stamen lines where the stems meet.
7. Re-trace all outlines in thick white to finish.

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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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