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A close overhead view of colourful sand or powder rangoli being drawn on a brick-paved ground. A large multi-petalled flower design is filled with blue, green, yellow, magenta and red powder outlined in white. A person in a blue patterned skirt and black leggings kneels at right, drawing with a finger, with bangles on the wrist and sandals on the feet. Small cups of coloured powder sit nearby, and other pieces of rangoli, including a star motif, are partly visible at the edges. No a person candidate is visible.

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Colourful rangoli floor art being made on a red brick-paved courtyard. Chalk-white outlines are filled with bright powder colours in magenta, purple, lime green, yellow, red and blue, forming geometric diamond and petal patterns. Large multicoloured petal flower design at upper right with a yellow filled panel. Small paint pots of magenta, purple, blue and green sit on the ground. Hands and bare feet of participants are visible at the edges, some in black clothing, one person sitting cross-legged at lower right, while others work at the top. No faces are shown and no identifiable a person appearance is visible.2012-07-15July 15 20122012-07-15A photograph of a large floor kolam drawn on bare dark earth. It is a radial design with a central lotus flower in purple, pink and green inside an orange-rimmed oval. Concentric petals in magenta and turquoise surround it, with green leaf and bird-like motifs at the outer edge. Two people stand at the edges, partly visible: one wears a green and orange patterned sari, the other a white dhoti. Nearby are bowls of coloured powder in red, blue, purple, green and white, and a plastic bag and a basket. The scene suggests a vilakku pooja setting.2006-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A photograph of a ground-level kolam on bare earth, a Pongal-season floor design of geometric and floral motifs drawn in white powder and filled with bright coloured powders in purple, green, orange, red, blue and yellow. A young girl in a white blouse and white skirt with a long plaited braid kneels at the right, using a small clay bowl to add colour. Behind, another woman in white with an orange-bordered sari sits near a wooden stick and brick pieces, and a boy in a brown shirt stands at the upper right edge by a wooden post.2008-01-16December 31 20082008-12-31A girl in an orange t-shirt and black track pants kneels on a concrete path, painting a colourful flower rangoli design with powder held in a small white cup. Her hand is stained with blue and pink colour. Nearby, other children sit along the edge of an orange-red step painting similar floral and lotus-style patterns in yellow, pink, purple and blue. Additional white paint cups sit on the concrete, and a folded blue floral cloth lies on the step.2010-12-12December 15 20162016-12-15October 09 20132013-10-09August 15 20172017-08-15May 02 20122012-05-02A large, colourful floor rangoli in concentric rings of yellow, orange, green, magenta and blue, outlined in white powder. A central eight-petal flower in magenta and pink holds an orange centre and small star motifs, surrounded by green leaf shapes and spiral swirls. Outer rings show scalloped petals and teardrop shapes in blue and green. Shadows of a pillar or fence fall across the pattern. Partial legs in white clothing appear at the top edge, and no full person is visible.2008-12-31