6 Simple Onam Pookalam Designs To Adorn Your Home

Onam is one of the most celebrated festivals in South India. In 2025, the dates are Tue, 26 Aug, 2025 – Fri, 5 Sept, 2025 for Onam celebrations. 

During this period, people decorate their houses with flowers and enjoy Onam Sandhya. Pookalam is an intricate and colourful arrangement of flowers on the floor. It’s a tradition to decorate houses with Pookalam during Onam festivities. We have handpicked some of the easy and simple Pookalam designs that you can consider to decorate your home. Check out the Pookalam designs here. 

6 Simple Onam Pookalam Designs 2025

Here are the simple pookalam designs for Onam festivities: 

Sunflower Pookalam Design

Pookalam is all about arranging the flowers on the floor to decorate the house. You can create this Pookalam at your home entrance or on the patio space of your house.

This Pookalam features a sunflower design which encompasses the arrangement of different colourful flowers. This design uses yellow, maroon, white and orange flowers, however, you can pick the colours of your choice. 

This is a simple, yet beautiful design. 

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Circle Pookalam Design

If you have a huge space at your entrance and you want to cover the maximum area then you can choose this circle Pookalam design. The design features a combination of contrasting flowers arranged in a circle. The design uses orange, yellow, purple, white, red and maroon flowers. 

It looks symmetrical and is perfect for entry areas. 

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Geometric Pookalam Design

If you want a different design then you can choose this geometric Pookalam design for your house. The designs use different flowers arranged in a square and circular pattern creating a perfect geometric figure. You can use two colours of flowers as well to create this design for onam festivities.

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Small Pookalam Design

If you don’t have enough space for a large Pookalam then you can choose this small Pookalam design to decorate your house. This small floral-shaped Pookalam encompasses different colour flowers in a compact space. You can create this design at your puja space as well. 

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Quick Pookalam Design

This Pookalam design features a simple arrangement of flowers of different colours. You can use marigold flowers which are available in different colours for the decoration. 

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Swastik Pookalam Design

This Pookalam design features a Swastika element at the centre of the design. You can use white or red flowers to create a Swastika in the centre. You can also use green grasses for colours. 

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Bookmark these simple Pookalam designs for Onam festivities. 

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