Unique Designs Rangoli Daily Routine | New Muggulu 8*2 Traditional Kolam

Design facts

Dot grid

8 to 2 dots — tapering from 8 dots across the middle down to 2

Technique

Kolam, Muggulu

Video

3 min 11 s

Views

1.2 million on YouTube as of 3 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Unique Designs Rangoli Daily Routine | New Muggulu 8*2 Traditional Kolam

1. Mark the 8-to-2 dot grid.
2. Join the outer dots on each of the four sides into a curved arc with inward-curling tips, leaving the centre square of dots open.
3. In the centre draw a four-petal flower with notched, heart-shaped petals around a spiral, adding short strokes between the spiral and each petal.
4. Along each of the four arcs draw a side flower whose scalloped edge faces the centre, with a spiral eye ringed with small dots towards the outer side.
5. Extend the tips of each side flower into curling leaves that end in small spirals.
6. From one corner of each side flower run a long tendril ending in a spiral towards the next flower, all four turning the same way like a pinwheel.
7. Re-trace all the outlines in white.

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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

Read more

• The Kolam Style Families
• Tamil Nadu
• Andhra Pradesh and Telangana