Design facts
- Dot grid
- 10 to 2 dots — tapering from 10 dots across the middle down to 2
- Tradition
- Kolam
- Video
- 3 min 2 s, uploaded 4 February 2020
- Views
- 39,000 on YouTube as of 5 October 2026
Step by step: how to draw Very New Poo Kolam
- Mark the 10 to 2 dot grid — rows shrinking from 10 down to 2.
- In the centre draw a spiral inside a small circle and set four pointed leaves around it on the diagonals so they turn like a pinwheel.
- Above, below and on each side of the centre draw a five-petal flower — a spiral inside a circle, a ring of short stamen strokes, then five rounded petals with notched tips.
- From each flower run a curling stem that ends in a small spiral.
- Beside each spiral stem add a second curve lined with a row of dots.
- Finish each flower with a pointed leaf on its outer side and go over 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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