A hand sprinkles reddish-brown grain onto a white cloth covered with coloured rice and seed patterns. Green, cream, orange and dark brown shapes form an abstract design, with a green area beneath the sprinkling hand. A packet with partly visible Tamil lettering lies at the left edge. Only a single hand is visible, so no people beyond it are shown. - Nithyanandapedia

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A hand sprinkles reddish-brown grain onto a white cloth covered with coloured rice and seed patterns. Green, cream, orange and dark brown shapes form an abstract design, with a green area beneath the sprinkling hand. A packet with partly visible Tamil lettering lies at the left edge. Only a single hand is visible, so no people beyond it are shown.

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