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Close view of a stone step decorated with a floral kolam-style design in white powder outline. Marigold and red petals form a central vessel shape topped by a clay oil lamp with a lit flame. Purple chrysanthemum-type flowers arrange in a ring around a small oil lamp, with more small lamps and red and yellow flower accents. A triangular pattern of red rose petals with white flowers lies on the lower step. No people are visible; the scene is an offering arrangement of flowers and oil lamps.

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Red stone steps decorated with a flower-petal rangoli on a white-dusted surface. Red rose petals form a border, with a central marigold-and-yellow-petal arrangement holding a small oil lamp, flanked by smaller lamps set in green leaves and purple flowers. A seated person in a white dhoti-style garment and white top, with beaded bracelets, sits at the upper left. Brass oil lamps stand at the left edge.2016-12-16A floor rangoli on bare ground, arranged as a large symmetrical flower design with a central lotus-like medallion of red rose petals and green leaves, ringed by bands of yellow marigold strings. Teal-green painted petal shapes and white chalk outlines surround the centre, with scattered red petals, orange blooms and a small blue flower. No people are visible in the frame, and the design occupies the whole image.2009-12-26December 02 20092009-12-02A photograph of a floor rangoli on a light tan brick-paved courtyard. The floral mandala is made of yellow and white flowers. Pointed red and pink petal shapes radiate outward, with pink lotus-like forms at the edges and loose yellow blossoms scattered around the border. A yellow cloth and a partly visible person's feet appear at the top edge. No people are prominent in the frame, and no readable text appears in the image.2016-12-15A photograph of a floral rangoli-style design on a mosaic tile floor of irregular white and grey stone pieces. An eight-pointed star made of petals is arranged in alternating yellow and pink bands, with a cluster of small brown seeds or beads at the centre and dark round dots marking the points. At the far left edge a sliver of another photograph shows a partial face and a building.Overhead view of a floral rangoli on bare ground, drawn with white powder lines in a flower-petal pattern. Six mounds of orange marigold petals surround a central yellow-rimmed dish holding pink rose petals. A ring of pink rose petals borders the design, with green leaves and yellow and orange flower petals scattered at the corners. No people are visible. The page links it to Navaratri Day 2 at Aadikailaasa, Bengaluru, but no a person appears in the frame.2007-10-13A circular floral rangoli design laid on a concrete floor, with a brass oil lamp standing at its centre. The lamp has a figure of Ganesha on top and a lit flame. Green leaves form the base, with yellow marigold petals and red rose petals arranged in a flower-like pattern, surrounded by white flower borders and large leaves with yellow flowers around the edge. Woven mats lie on the floor in the background. No people are visible.2008-10-19June 26 20142014-06-26August 12 20122012-08-12A flower arrangement laid on the bare earthen floor of a recessed pit or hollow with rough stone walls. Yellow marigold-type blossoms outline a large bird-like or winged floral design, with pink and red petals filling the body and scattered red flowers and green leaves around it. White jasmine-like blossoms trace a looping border on the ground. No people are visible; the scene is a floral offering or decoration, possibly for a ritual, shown from above.2009-10-31October 19 20082008-10-19December 31 20182018-12-31 +2 copies