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A close photo of a wooden table or bench with a large smear of white powder. At the top edge, the bare feet and the lower part of a person's legs are visible, wearing an orange and red striped cloth with white border. The floor is pale grey concrete. No face is visible and no a person candidate is shown.

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Close photograph of a wooden table or platform covered with a loose white powder. At the top edge, a person in white clothing is partly visible, and a yellow object sits at the upper right. The powder appears to be a ritual or devotional design surface, with only the table and white-clad body visible.2010-07-21A photo of a wooden table covered with a spread of white powder. A bare arm in a red sleeve reaches across the table in the lower left, wearing a red thread and a beaded bangle. At the upper left, a person in white dhoti with a red-and-gold border stands beside an orange cloth, and a yellow flower garland hangs from above. No face or full person is visible, so no identifiable individual appears in the frame.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A blurred photograph of a wooden oval table covered with a large white powder or flour-like substance. At the top, the lower half of a person in a grey-purple garment is visible, wearing white and red-and-yellow flower garlands that drape down toward the table. Bare feet stand on the ground at the left and top right, and a hand rests on the table's lower edge at bottom. Scattered petals lie on the table and floor.2010-07-21Close-up photo of a wooden tray or board with a white powder design. White and red flower garlands, including red roses and white chrysanthemum-like blossoms, lie across the right edge, held by a person in a dark maroon garment with gold border. At upper left, a figure in orange robes stands, and at upper right another person in orange sits cross-legged with hands folded. The floor is grey concrete. No faces are visible.2010-07-21Close-up photograph of a ritual drawing being made on a wooden table covered with white powder. A brass or gold-toned conical tool, wrapped with a garland of white jasmine and red flowers, is pressed into the powder to trace a design. Scattered petals and a yellow flower lie on the table. Bare feet of seated people appear at the top right corner, and a maroon cloth covers the upper left.2010-07-21Close-up photograph of a wooden table top covered with a fine white powder, with faint carved or drawn Sanskrit-style lettering or symbols pressed into it. A hand in a red sleeve with a patterned cuff holds a garland of white and red flowers and sprinkles petals onto the powder. Orange cloth lies at right, and another person's bare foot is visible at the edge of the frame. No faces are visible. Ritual powder-and-flower offering in a temple setting.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small heap of white powder. The hand is brown-skinned with a rudraksha bead visible at the upper left edge, resting on a draped fabric in saffron-orange with a deep red cloth behind. Another hand and a bare foot appear faintly at the top right. White powder specks are scattered across the orange fabric.2012-05-11Close-up photograph of a white powder or flour surface on a wooden tray, with a hand holding a brush or stick tracing a design into it, partly blurred. A sleeve in red fabric and a bangle are visible at the right edge, with a bundle of white flowers or garland at the bottom. The lines of the drawn design are visible in the powder, possibly a kolam or rangoli-style pattern.2010-07-21Close-up photograph of a wooden tray or board covered with fine white powder, with a drawn or smeared design of curving lines and marks. A garland of white flowers with a cluster of red blossoms lies on the right edge, beside a dark maroon cloth with a red border. Scattered white petals and grains are on the wood, and orange-robed legs are visible at the top edge.2010-07-21Close-up photograph of a hand with white powder. Only a hand is visible, with no face or full figure.2013-12-09