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Two white powder rangoli-style rose motifs with leaves drawn on a dark grey stone floor. The left rose is seen at an angle with its leaves below, and the right rose is shown in full with a stem and fern-like leaves. The design is made from fine white powder.

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A white powder rangoli-style design drawn on a dark grey granite floor. The motif is a stylised face or deity figure with rounded features, a crescent-like form, and radiating striped lines. No people are visible in the image. The floor shows a dark polished surface with scattered white grains around the design.2014-09-04A photograph of a white chalk or powder kolam drawn on a brown earthen floor. The intricate lotus-like pattern has layered looping petals, curling tendrils and a small central motif resembling a star or mandala. A small green leaf lies near the lower edge. No people, a person or ritual participants are visible.A white chalk kolam drawn on a pale concrete floor, with a symmetrical floral design of looping curves, petals and a central star-like flower radiating outward. Dappled shadows of a railing or branches fall across the upper part of the ground. The pattern is complete and no people are visible.2014-02-02A 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.2010-01-09September 12 20122012-09-12A 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.2018-01-14A close photograph of a hand drawing a white rangoli kolam on a grey concrete ground. The hand, with dark skin, wears gold bangles and a gold ring set with a pearl, and holds a small cluster of purple flower petals or buds placed at the centre of a symmetrical lotus-petal pattern. The white powder design radiates outward with petal and loop motifs. No other people are visible.2009-06-09Close view of a hand placing a small purple flower with white centre onto a white chalk kolam drawn on a grey stone floor. The hand wears a gold bangle, a gold ring with a stone, and a gold cuff. The kolam shows symmetrical white lotus-like petal designs. No people's faces are visible, only one arm and hand.2009-06-09December 31 20062006-12-31September 28 20122012-09-28January 14 20182018-01-14A close ground-level photograph of a rangoli-style floral arrangement on a concrete floor. Red roses with scattered petals sit at the centre, flanked by white jasmine-like flowers with green stems painted or drawn on the ground. An orange cloth edge appears at the top right above a wooden platform, and a blue strip runs across the middle. No people are visible.2010-11-09