Simple Dotted Rangoli Designs

Design facts

Dot grid

9 to 1 dots — tapering from 9 dots across the middle down to 1

Difficulty

Easy

Video

3 min 53 s, uploaded 6 May 2022

Views

19,000 on YouTube as of 7 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Simple Dotted Rangoli Designs

1. Mark a square grid of five rows of five dots, then add one more dot beyond the middle of each side.
2. Draw a diamond round the centre dot and one round each of the four extra outer dots — five diamonds in a plus shape.
3. Inside each of the five diamonds draw a small flower of rounded petals around a dot.
4. Frame the central diamond with a broad diamond band and fill each of its four sides with slanting stripes.
5. Cradle each outer diamond in a pair of upturned curved petals on its inner side, with two small curls where it meets the band.
6. Edge the two outer sides of each outer diamond with a row of small loops.
7. In each of the four diagonal gaps between the outer diamonds draw a leafy sprig of dot-tipped strokes.

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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