How to draw lotus rangoli with 5 dots

Along with the rose , lotus is the most sought after flowers for our rangoli designs.  Hridaya kamalam for example is a lotus design drawn only in the Pooja room. 

Lotus is considered to represent Goddess Lakshmi .  This simple 5 dot kolam I created for our daily purpose rangoli that we need for our vasal kolangal.  

How to draw lotus kolam | thru step by step images
The dot pattern is 5 by 5 and then 1 dot on 4 sides at the centre

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Drawing the first petal ( front view of a lotus )
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Connecting the dots to draw the second and third petal
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Connecting the dots to draw 4th and 5th petals

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Draw lotuses on all four sides
The gap at the centre filled with floral pattern connecting all the lotuses
Lines in the petals to represent a lotus densely packed with petals

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Further decorations are left to our imagination.  The more the designs ,  more beautiful is the rangoli

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This idea may also be used for simple thamarai kolam , kamala rangoli simple .