A young girl with a long braid and glasses sits cross-legged on a concrete floor, drawing a white kolam rangoli with her right hand. She wears a pink and white floral-print kurta over white trousers, with a gold bangle on her wrist. Sunlight falls across the floor from an open doorway, and a terracotta pot sits at the top edge of the frame. No a person candidate is visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A young girl with a long braid and glasses sits cross-legged on a concrete floor, drawing a white kolam rangoli with her right hand. She wears a pink and white floral-print kurta over white trousers, with a gold bangle on her wrist. Sunlight falls across the floor from an open doorway, and a terracotta pot sits at the top edge of the frame. No a person candidate is visible.

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Overhead photo of a young woman with glasses and a long side braid kneeling on a stone floor, filling a chalk-outlined floral kolam design with bright pink powder. She wears a white and red floral-print kurta, a gold bangle, and a beaded necklace. Her hand presses a pink petal shape within the white lines of the drawing. No swami visible; the scene shows rangoli-style floor art preparation.

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A girl with a dark ponytail, wearing a purple collared top and dark trousers, sits on a concrete floor and draws a floral kolam pattern with white chalk and blue and orange accents. Her left hand rests on the floor beside the design, which features white lotus-like petals and blue spiral motifs. No a person candidate is visible in the image.

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Young girls and a boy sit on a concrete floor under an orange-walled colonnade, drawing floral kolam designs with white chalk and filling petals with green and pink powder. In the foreground a girl in a red t-shirt and black bangles leans forward, holding a green powder cone over a large lotus-like outline, with small paper cups of colour beside it. Other children in white salwar kameez, pink and black outfits work along the steps behind, and a red pillar frames the left side with potted plants beyond.

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