Design facts
- Dot grid
- 8 to 8 dots — 8 rows of 8, 64 dots
- Video
- 3 min 13 s, uploaded 18 May 2020
- Views
- 33,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Unique Amazing Dhanurmasam Chukkala Muggulu
- Mark the 8-to-8 square dot grid.
- In each of the four quadrants draw a curved hook line — a stroke sweeping in from the outer edge and bending toward the centre — as the stem of a flower.
- On each hook build a large scalloped petal in the outer corner of the quadrant, with a wavy outer edge and a fringe of short strokes along it.
- Toward the centre of each flower add four pointed leaves with inner veins and a small round bud — a circle with a dot — on a short curved stem.
- Leave the middle dots open between the four flowers and go over all the outlines in white.
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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