SikkuDiwali 2026 · 6–11 November
Your name, drawn as one unbroken line
A sikku kolam is a single line of rice flour that loops around every dot on a doorstep and returns to where it began. Type a name and watch its kolam draw itself. No two names make the same one.
Diwali
Now draw one yourself
30 kolams, one line each
Every colour is a separate line. Tap the gaps between dots to cross, turn or join them until the whole thing is one loop. Five chapters, one for each day of Diwali.
Play → SpeedBefore Sunrise
Kolams go down before dawn. Two minutes of darkness, endless kolams that keep getting bigger, and a high score to beat.
Race the sun → CreateKolam Studio
Design your own with mandala brushes, then pour rangoli colours into the spaces. Save it as an image or send the link.
Open studio → ExploreThe maths of one line
Why 4 × 6 dots can never be one line without help, how light and mirrors explain kolams, and what they share with the sand drawings of Angola.
Learn → QuizFive days of light
Dhanteras to Bhai Dooj, what floor art is called across India, and a 10-question Diwali quiz you can share.
Take the quiz →A little gallery of names
Tap one to draw it big. Each was grown from its letters by the same rule: one line, every dot, perfect symmetry.