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A large ground-level kolam drawn in coloured powder on bare earth, showing a pink pongal pot with a white milk-boiling overflow on its neck, green and yellow scalloped bands, and a row of purple and yellow triangles around its body. Sugarcane stalks with purple stripes flank the pot on both sides. Readable Tamil lettering in white powder runs across the top of the design. Partially visible at the upper corners, people in orange and saffron clothing sit on striped mats beside the kolam. No faces or full figures are shown; the people are only partly in frame.

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A photograph of a large sandy-ground kolam drawn for Pongal. A painted pot with a white-powder overflow rises from a pink-and-green banded design, edged with white lines and bordered by purple and yellow triangles. Two stylised sugarcane stalks flank the pot. Tamil script is written in white powder above. At the upper left, two people in orange robes sit on striped mats at the edge of the frame, with only partial views of their bodies visible.2018-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14A photograph of a ground-level rangoli drawn on bare brown earth. Central motif is a painted kalasha or pot in red, blue and white with yellow dots, flanked by two green-and-purple palm trees. Pink lotus flowers, yellow and green floral sprigs, and a border of red and green scalloped petals with yellow dots surround the design. Outlines are traced in white powder. No people are visible.January 14 20182018-01-14January 15 20182018-01-15Close view of a Pongal pot, a glazed earthen vessel with painted white geometric lines, boiling over with steam and topped by a mound of white rice. A garland of yellow marigolds and red rose buds wraps its neck. Sugarcane stalks stand on either side, and yellow flowers and marigold garlands lie on the ground. Blurred figures in orange and maroon saris stand behind on a red floor. No identifiable a person is visible.2018-01-14 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a brown clay pot with incised white geometric patterns, overflowing with milk boiling over its rim, decorated with a garland of yellow marigold flowers and red rose petals. Sugarcane stalks lean in from the edges, and red fabric is visible in the blurred background. Smoke rises from the spill, consistent with a Pongal pot being cooked as part of a harvest festival offering. No people are visible.2018-01-14A photograph of a large colourful rangoli drawn on bare brown ground. Concentric loops of purple, blue, green, yellow, pink and red are outlined in white, with orange cross-bars at the centre and lotus-like petals at the edges. Small purple motifs sit in several loops. Above it, a white-painted Tamil heading reads as a title. Brass lamps are visible at the top edge. No people are visible in the frame.2018-01-15A photograph of a large floor rangoli on bare earth, drawn with coloured powders. Concentric rings of red and orange petals surround a central mound of dirt with a painted kalasha or pot motif in blue, white and red. Lotus-like pink flowers and green leaves ring the centre, and yellow marigold-style flowers lie at the top edge near a small dirt mound. No people are visible.A large colourful rangoli drawn in chalk and coloured powder on bare brown earth. A central eight-petalled flower with a yellow ring and blue inner petals surrounds a small red-and-white floral motif. Around it are a red scalloped border, blue and green lotus-like petals, pale green and yellow lattice diamonds, and white outlined birds with fanned tails at the edges. No people are visible.2008-01-01January 14 20182018-01-14December 31 20082008-12-31