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November 23 2016

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A photograph of an outdoor bhumi puja site on bare earth. A dug pit sits beside a red-and-white painted wall. Two colourful floor designs are drawn in powder: a large red, green and yellow lotus-like rangoli in the foreground and a smaller matching one at the upper right, outlined with white lines. A small pile of yellow flowers lies at the upper right corner. No people are visible in the scene.2016-11-23September 12 20122012-09-12Close overhead photo of a rangoli being made on a brown floor. A white chalk outline of a star-like lotus design with wavy petals is filled with coloured powders: yellow, brick red and green at the centre. Two hands, one at upper left and one at upper right, reach toward the design. Two white paper cups holding blue and brown powder sit on the floor, with a small yellow powder packet at the top. No other physical people are visible.2012-05-02A photograph of a white kolam, a traditional rangoli drawn in lime or rice powder, covering reddish-brown earth. Its intricate symmetrical floral and leaf-like loops radiate from a central lump of cow dung topped with small pink and white flowers, a Pongal-style decoration.2018-01-14December 29 20082008-12-29May 02 20122012-05-02A photograph of a floor rangoli on reddish-brown ground, a star-like pattern drawn in pink and green chalk with white daisy-type flowers and crimson flowers arranged around a central white bloom. Yellow marigold-type flowers and green chalk vine lines run along the top edge, framing a raised platform with a cloth and a wooden item near the top. No people are visible.2010-11-02A floor rangoli on a concrete surface shows a star-shaped design with yellow, brown and green powder filling a white-outlined sun-like motif with wavy rays. Small paper cups hold blue and brown powder beside a yellow powder packet. No people are visible; the scene shows only the decorative pattern and powder supplies.2012-05-02May 26 20132013-05-26 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual area with a raised circular earthen platform surrounded by grey gravel. Along the lower edge of the platform is a row of seven pink lotus motifs with green stems, drawn in coloured powder on the bare earth. At the top of the frame, a woven straw mat with a blue border sits on the platform beside a small gold kalasha-style brass vessel. No people are visible.2010-10-12Close-up photograph of a floor kolam drawn in white chalk or powder lines on a brown stone or earthen floor. Pink and magenta powder heaps sit within the outlined pattern, and a small cream-coloured object lies on the right. A lotus-like flower motif is drawn near the bottom centre. No people are visible in the frame.2012-05-02January 14 20182018-01-14