Simple 7 to 4 Dots Rangoli

Design facts

Dot grid

7 to 4 dots — tapering from 7 dots across the middle down to 4

Structure

Dot-Grid

Difficulty

Easy

Video

3 min 27 s, uploaded 17 September 2019

Views

90,000 on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Simple 7 to 4 Dots Rangoli

1. Mark the 7-to-4 dot grid.
2. In the centre draw a small starburst of short rays.
3. From the centre draw three large petal-shaped lobes — one to the upper left, one to the lower left and one to the right — each with a scalloped outer edge.
4. Inside each lobe draw a layered flower bud of overlapping looped petals ringed by four spiral curls.
5. In the three gaps between the lobes draw a diya, its flame pointing toward the centre and fringed with short rays.
6. Re-trace all the outlines in white.

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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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