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A photograph of a white kolam design painted in continuous looping lines with dots on a black-and-white checkered floor, positioned at the base of a wall beside a floor drain grate. The intricate interlaced pattern forms a diamond-like central motif with a long wavy border running along the bottom edge. No people are visible in the scene. The floor tiles are dark and grey, with a stone step edge visible at the lower right.

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Photograph of white kolam floor designs drawn in front of a temple sanctum on a worn grey stone floor. A large symmetrical kolam with interlaced loops, petal-like lobes and dot patterns sits on the left, and a long serpentine kolam line runs alongside it toward a black stone plinth with cream edging on the right. Checkered black and white marble tiles appear at the lower left and right edges. A timestamp reads Feb 8, 2025 01:00:20 at the bottom right. No people are visible.2025-07-02A photograph of white kolam designs painted in a grey concrete floor, with dot-based looping lines forming a cross-like motif on the left and a long vertical looped line on the right. A beige wall edge is at left and a light wall at right, with a floor drain at the bottom right. No people are visible.2025-07-02March 01 20222022-03-01A 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.2010-01-09A photograph of a white chalk kolam drawn on a grey concrete floor. The large central design is a symmetrical geometric pattern with interlocking loops, a central eight-petalled flower, lotus motifs and curled scroll ends. Above it, stone steps carry smaller white lotus drawings and a small lamp-like motif, and a smaller flower kolam appears at the right edge. No people are visible.2010-01-09December 31 20062006-12-31A woman in an orange-red saree with a yellow blouse kneels on a polished maroon granite floor, drawing a white rangoli kolam with rice flour. The geometric white kolam has a lattice of diamonds and concentric circles, dotted with small yellow and red decorative motifs. A small brass and silver pot sits near the kneeling woman, and at the top right a figure in white dhoti with a gold border stands nearby. Ritual floor art at a temple space.2022-02-07August 12 20162016-08-12A 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.2010-01-09May 19 20132013-05-19August 12 20162016-08-12A photograph of a concrete wall with a painted orange top border, decorated with colourful chalk or powder kolam-style art. Large white wavy line patterns interlace with leaf-like petals in orange, red, pink, green, blue, purple and yellow. On the right, stylised lotus and flower motifs with yellow centres and green leaves frame a central circular mandala with red spirals and a star pattern. The word DHAYA is written in white capital letters above the mandala. Bare feet are visible at the lower left edge, and a sand-coloured ground lies below the wall. No people are standing in the scene apart from the feet at the edge.2010-12-12