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Exterior of a rustic mud-plastered hut with a thatched roof and a blue wooden door, its walls decorated with white kolam geometric patterns and a red-painted base with white scalloped border. A bamboo railing lines the entrance steps. Through the trees in the background, red and white painted structures with figurines are visible. A few people sit at the left edge, but their faces and figures are mostly out of frame. The scene is a village-style shrine or ashram hut at the venue.

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December 29 20102010-12-29An elderly woman with grey hair pulled back walks through a dimly lit village courtyard at night, carrying a flat round woven basket on her head and supporting it with one raised hand. She wears a yellow and cream sari with a purple blouse and a beaded necklace, and holds a small bundle at her side. Beside a leafy tree, walls are painted in red and orange and decorated with white kolam line designs. A hanging lantern is visible above, and a man in white clothing sits on a raised red and orange platform at the right edge.2010-09-26May 12 20182018-05-12 +1 copiesDecember 29 20102010-12-29February 03 20102010-02-03A white kolam, a geometric floor drawing made with white powder on a reddish-brown ground, fills most of the frame. It is composed of interlocking looping lines connecting a grid of white dots in a symmetrical diamond-like pattern. A faint purple bird logo sits in the upper left corner, and a red edge appears at the bottom left. No people or a person candidate are visible.2010-02-03Photo inside a rustic thatched hall with orange-ochre walls and a raised red-and-white painted platform decorated with white kolam designs. A seated man in white clothes sits on the platform beside a woven straw basket, with a wooden pillar in the foreground. At the right, another man in white sits low on the floor near baskets and a bowl. At the far left edge, an elderly woman in a pale yellow sari holds up a wooden board.2010-09-26A village-style courtyard scene with a blue-painted wooden door, whitewashed wall with white kolam designs, and red and yellow painted bands on the earthen plinth. In the foreground a seated figure in a light blue shirt and white dhoti grinds grain on a stone quern with a wooden handle, with a potted green plant at lower left. Behind, a standing figure in a white shirt and white dhoti pulls a rope hanging from the wall. An orange-painted pillar stands at the left edge beneath a thatched roof. The figures appear to be sculpted or lifelike figures rather than clearly living people.2010-09-26A photograph of an orange-painted ashram building with a decorated red-and-white geometric border along its facade and a flat tin roof, set against a hazy hill. A person in a saffron-orange dhoti and a saffron garment with a red-and-white beaded necklace sits on a wooden chair on the porch, with a sandal-like pair of footwear at the step. On the left, several women in white and orange saris stand near a leafy shrub. On the right, a man in a dark uniform-style shirt stands beside a figure in a dark top. A tall pole-mounted floodlight stands by the entrance. The seated figure's face is not clearly visible enough for identification, and the sitter appears in a saffron robe with a beaded necklace, so the candidate is uncertain.2010-12-29A rustic village scene under a thatched roof, lit by a bare hanging bulb. Two women sit on woven mats grinding grain between stone querns; the woman at left wears a yellow sari with green border and bangles, and the woman at right wears an orange blouse and sari with bangles, holding a woven basket. Behind them two children sit on a wooden bench in front of a mud wall decorated with white kolam-style patterns and red painted borders. Bamboo fencing and foliage frame the scene. The figures appear to be lifelike wax or figure models in a village diorama, not living people.2010-02-03November 12 20102010-11-12December 17 20052005-12-17 +2 copies