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A tiled floor in a doorway hall, with a painted trail of white-outlined brown footprints leading toward an open entrance. The entrance is framed by strings of marigold, white, pink and green flower garlands. A brass lamp with a lit wick and a brass vessel with flowers sit at the right by the wall. No people are visible in the scene.

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A concrete courtyard floor decorated with painted footprints in brown with white outlines, leading across the ground. Yellow swirling line patterns and red dots surround them, and floral rangoli designs in blue, green and yellow sit at the top left and top right corners. Sunlight and shadow fall across the floor from the right. No people are visible.2010-01-19September 02 20102010-09-02A photograph of a white chalk kolam drawn on a grey concrete floor. The central design is a flower-like motif of white petals outlined in dark red, with four petal-shaped figures arranged around it at the top, bottom, left and right. Above the motif are two pairs of white striped lines outlined in red, flanking a small white swirl or curl. Dark damp patches mark the concrete, and a pale wall edge is visible at the right. No people are visible in the scene.2010-01-09December 30 20182018-12-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a concrete staircase leading up to a doorway with a metal grille gate. White chalk kolam designs decorate the steps, the landing and the ground in front, with looping curved and dotted patterns. A motorcycle is parked at the left edge beside a white clapboard wall. No people are visible.2010-01-09Close-up photograph of a white rangoli-style floor design on a pale sandstone paving slab with dark mortar joints. A white lotus-like pattern with pointed petals surrounds five orange and red powder dots. No people are visible in the frame, and the surrounding stone tiles are plain and sunlit.2017-07-09A photograph of a floor covered with a large decorative kolam-style rangoli drawn in white chalk outlines with red ochre lines, arranged in looping, symmetrical floral and scroll patterns across terracotta hexagonal tiles. Small white star motifs dot the design. Sunlight falls across the tiles, showing the lines and intricate curves. No people are visible in the scene.2013-05-17Close photo of a person's bare feet stepping onto a striped woven mat in red, green, purple and cream, with fringed edges and faint printed letters on the mat. The person wears a deep red-brown garment with a gold border and gold anklets, and a pink flower garland hangs at the top edge. Beside them is a yellow-brick raised platform holding scattered red and pink petals and a small white basket with a yellow coconut-like offering and green leaves. Another folded striped mat sits in the lower right. The person is only partially visible, showing legs and feet.2017-09-28September 02 20102010-09-02 +1 copiesSeptember 02 20102010-09-02 +1 copiesA dirt path in a garden runs diagonally across the frame, with white chalk footprints painted in a receding line from the foreground toward the background. Orange marigold-like flowers and green shrubs grow along a low concrete border on the left, and more greenery lines the right edge. A shadow falls across the lower right. No people are visible.2010-09-02December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copies