Unique Doorstep Kolams 8×8

Design facts

Dot grid

8 to 8 dots — 8 rows of 8, 64 dots

Structure

Dot-Grid

Tradition

Kolam

Video

3 min 42 s, uploaded 21 August 2019

Views

1.2 million on YouTube as of 1 October 2026

Step by step: how to draw Unique Doorstep Kolams 8×8

1. Mark the 8-to-8 dot grid — eight rows of eight dots.
2. Run diagonal lines in both directions across the grid to build a criss-cross lattice, crossing in an X at the centre.
3. At each of the four corners bend the lines into two large rounded loops so the corner closes in a broad heart-shaped lobe.
4. Inside each corner lobe turn the lattice lines back in smaller U-shaped loops along its edge.
5. Above, below, left and right of the centre draw a small closed cell with a pointed leaf tip at each end, like a tiny bud — four in all.

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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

• Grids, Lattices, and Thinking in Space
• Counting the Grid
• The Kolam Style Families
• Tamil Nadu