Simple Muggulu With 4×4 Dots

Design facts

Dot grid

4 to 4 dots — 4 rows of 4, 16 dots

Structure

Dot-Grid

Tradition

Muggulu

Difficulty

Easy

Video

5 min 15 s, uploaded 15 July 2022

Views

4,665 on YouTube as of 11 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Simple Muggulu With 4×4 Dots

1. Mark the 4-by-4 dot grid — four rows of four dots.
2. Around the centre square draw four L-shaped corners whose arms run out to the edge dots, leaving a plus-shaped gap through the middle.
3. Close each L into a right triangle with a straight diagonal line and fill the four triangles with cross-hatching.
4. In each arm of the plus-shaped gap draw an eye shape of crossing curves around a dot, and put a spiral in the very centre.
5. Beyond the gap, at the top, bottom, left and right, draw a large pointed petal.
6. On each of the four corners draw a spiral and wrap it in a flower of rounded, heart-shaped petals.

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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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