Pulli

For rangoli and kolam artists

Draw one corner.
Pulli fills the floor.

A dot-grid planner for rangoli and kolam. Snap lines and loops to the dots, mirror them 2, 4 or 8 ways, and know how many grams of each powder to buy before the festival.

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Free. No account. Works in your phone's browser.

The full app also draws with the arrow keys.

From dots to a finished floor in three moves.

  1. Pick your dots.

    Choose a square grid, like 7 by 7, or an interlaced kolam grid, like 9 to 1, from 3 up to 15 dots across.

  2. Draw one part.

    Lines and loops snap to the dots, and Pulli mirrors them 2, 4 or 8 ways as you go.

  3. Take it to the floor.

    Enter the floor size, read off the grams of each powder, and print a step sheet for you or a helper.

The grid you actually use.

Rangoli on a square grid, kolam on an interlaced one. Pick 7 by 7 for a doorstep or 15 by 15 for a hall. Pulli works out the dot spacing from your floor size, so you know where to mark the floor.

120 cm floor, 7 by 7: dots 17.1 cm apart

Draw it once. See it eight times.

Set the mirror to 2, 4 or 8 ways and every stroke you draw is copied across the centre lines and diagonals. Change the setting whenever you like. Your strokes stay put; only the copies change.

Know what to buy before the shop shuts.

Pulli measures every line and loop at its real width on your floor and turns it into grams of each colour, with 10% spare. Change the floor size and the figures follow.

Powder for a 120 cm floor

  • Chalk white95 g
  • Kumkum red75 g
  • Turmeric yellow50 g

Total: 220 g

Example design, 7 by 7 grid.

One page. Every step in order.

Print it or save it as a PNG to send on WhatsApp. The sheet shows the grid, the mirror setting, dot spacing and the powder list, then numbered panels from bare dots to the finished pattern, with each step's new strokes picked out.

Print PNG

Stays on your device

  • No account. Open it and start drawing.

  • Saved as you go. Your design survives a reload or a locked phone. Name it to keep it in your catalogue.

  • Light and dark. The floor stays dark so every powder shows, white included.

The real thing

This is Pulli. Go ahead and draw.

It's the full app, running right here. Your design is kept on this device.

Open Pulli full screen

Tip: try a 9 to 1 interlaced grid and 8-way mirror.

The floor is waiting.

Plan this year's Diwali, Pongal and wedding floors before the rush.

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Free. No account. Your designs stay on your device.