Trendy Creative Kolam Designs

Design facts

Dot grid

7 to 3 dots — tapering from 7 dots across the middle down to 3

Tradition

Kolam

Video

3 min 17 s, uploaded 17 July 2020

Views

1 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Trendy Creative Kolam Designs

1. Mark the 7-to-3 dot grid — rows tapering from 7 in the middle down to 3 at the ends.
2. In the centre draw a four-petal flower with heart-shaped petals around a dot inside a small circle, with three short strokes running from the circle into each petal.
3. On each of the four diagonals draw a leaf spray — one large pointed leaf with a dot and two small rounded petals — with a spiral curl beside the central flower.
4. On each of the four sides draw a three-petal flower with heart-shaped petals and a dot-in-circle centre.
5. Cradle each side flower with a pair of long curved pointed leaves sweeping out on either side.
6. Add a fan of short stamen strokes at the outer tip of each side flower.

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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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• The Kolam Style Families
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