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A woman with long dark hair, wearing a red fitted blouse and a pink floral-print skirt, bends forward on bare earth to draw a white chalk kolam pattern. She holds a small brass or clay cup in one hand and presses her other hand to the ground beside marked squares. Orange kumkum dots sit on several squares of the pattern. Behind her are grass, a corrugated metal sheet, a red-painted wall and a tree trunk.

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December 31 20062006-12-31Jan 15 2023 sripuram2023-01-15A photograph of a red-washed building entrance decorated with an orange marigold garland strung across the doorway and white kolam line designs on the door frame. Two women stand outside: one in a white floral saree holds a small cup, while the other, in a red top and blue trousers, bends low at the threshold, apparently placing something on the ground. A brass vessel sits on the step and a tree shades the left side. The room inside is empty and bare.2022-06-19A woman in a red and gold saree stoops beside a clay pot on a small fire hearth, tending a pongal boiling over with a brass vessel, under a thatched shed. Sugarcane stalks are tied into an arch above the pot, and banana leaves hang behind. Two decorated cows with painted horns and marigold garlands stand nearby against a wall with white kolam designs. A second woman in a blue patterned outfit stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a Mattu Pongal cattle festival, with sugarcane, clay pots and garlanded cattle visible.2022-01-15Jan 14 2022 sripuram2022-01-14Outdoor photo of a concrete courtyard beside a blue metal gate, showing a colourful floor rangoli being drawn. A woman in a yellow sari and dark blouse kneels at right, holding a white container and pointing a finger at a small pink-and-white design. In the foreground at lower right, a person in a maroon hooded garment crouches with their back partly to the camera. The large rangoli in the foreground has an orange circle with blue, pink and yellow petals, bordered by green and yellow scalloped leaves, with small blue-and-white rings nearby. Dry earth and a pink wall sit at the left edge.2023-01-13A woman in a red and orange saree leans over a terracotta pot placed at the base of a sugarcane frame, pouring grain or liquid from a small brass vessel into it. Banana leaves hang above and a second woman in a blue and white patterned saree stands at the left edge, smiling and holding a yellow pot. Behind them a decorated cow with painted white and red markings, garlanded with flowers and green fodder, stands in a covered outdoor shed with red walls and white kolam designs. Scattered straw covers the ground, consistent with a Mattu Pongal cattle-honouring celebration.2022-01-15November 12 20102010-11-12 +1 copiesJan 15 2022 sripuram2022-01-15A woman in a red saree with an orange border stands beside a clay pot on a small mud stove, pouring liquid from a brass vessel into the pot during a Pongal cooking ritual. Sugarcane stalks tied with banana leaves frame the stove, and a garland of red flowers hangs from the banana leaves. Behind her, another woman in a blue top sits under a corrugated roof, and white kolam designs decorate the pink walls. Coloured rangoli patterns lie on the ground in the lower left corner.2022-01-15A woman in a white sari with a gold-bordered edge and a purple blouse bends low on a dirt courtyard, drawing a white rangoli-style lotus design with her right hand while holding a metal plate of white powder in her left. A circular raised stone planter with a banyan-type tree stands behind her, and a paved path runs along the left edge.2010-07-08Outdoor Pongal celebration in a temple courtyard. Two women prepare earthen pots on clay hearths with sticks and dry twigs, on a ground decorated with white rangoli kolam and flower petals. The woman on the right wears a saffron-orange sari with a braided plait and bends to tend the pot; the woman on the left kneels in a red-and-gold striped sari. Sugarcane stalks with leaves are tied above the hearths. Behind them a seated woman in a blue-green sari sits under a dark tarpaulin roof, with golden drapes and a deity murti visible in the background. Three people are visible.2022-01-14