Simple Rangoli Design With 7-4 Dots

Design facts

Dot grid

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

Structure

Dot-Grid

Difficulty

Easy

Video

2 min 24 s, uploaded 13 March 2018

Views

1,250 on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

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

1. Mark the 7-to-4 dot grid — a column of seven dots down the centre, with columns of six, five and four stepping out to each side.
2. In the centre draw a six-petal flower — a pointed petal to the left, a pointed petal to the right, then a pair of rounded petals above and a pair below, each pair meeting on the vertical line through the centre.
3. Above the flower draw a short stem topped with a two-lobed bud; repeat below the flower with the stem and bud pointing down.
4. From the upper-left of the flower run a curved stalk outward and finish it with two leaves splayed apart at its tip — a rounded lobe pointing up and a pointed leaf pointing out to the side.
5. Mirror the stalk and leaf pair at the upper-right, then at the lower-left and lower-right turn the pair over so a pointed leaf hangs down beside the side leaf — four leaf pairs at the diagonals around the flower.

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• 7 Dots Simple Beginners Rangoli
• Simple 7 to 4 Dots Rangoli
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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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