Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a square floor rangoli or kolam made of coloured powders on a grey stone floor. It has concentric borders in white, red, black and mustard yellow, with a central lotus-petal motif in red outline and teal, a black ring with a yellow centre, and a geometric grid of yellow and red blocks. Above it, two brass kalasha pots wrapped in gold-lattice metal sit on silver tray-like plates decorated with flowers and banana leaves, beside a red and gold silk cloth. No people are visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
A large floor rangoli or sand mandala in a square geometric design, framed by bands of white, red, and black. Its inner section has a teal circle with a white and red lotus-like star and a yellow-centred wheel with black spokes. Yellow and black rectangular blocks surround the central design. On the left, gold-patterned decorative pieces and folded red and orange cloths sit beside silver-coloured tiled trays. No people are visible.2011-09-28A photograph from above of a large square sand or powder mandala drawn on a dark floor. Concentric bands of white, maroon, black and orange form a geometric frame of rectangular blocks. At the centre sits a white eight-petalled lotst outlined in red, enclosing a black wheel with spokes and an orange hub. Silver-embossed metal panels border the top and bottom of the frame, and a red cloth is visible at the upper left. No people are visible.2011-09-28A top-down view of a large square floor mandala drawn in coloured powders on a grey floor. A white field is framed by bands of red and black, with yellow and red rectangular blocks arranged in a grid around a central medallion. The medallion has a turquoise and white lotus-petal design enclosing a black-outlined wheel with a yellow centre and spokes. Banana leaves lie at the left and right edges, with a stack of red and gold cloth at lower left and carved silver-coloured panels at the corners. No people are visible.2011-09-28A photograph taken from above of a floor mandala drawn with coloured powders in a square design. White, red, yellow, black and teal fill nested square bands, with a central lotus-petal circle enclosing a yellow centre and a wheel-like motif. Banana leaves frame the top corners and right edge, a red and gold garland lies at the lower left, and silver-patterned trays or plates sit on either side.2011-09-28A photograph of a bhumi puja ground preparation: a large square floral and grain kolam on a white cloth, decorated with yellow marigold borders, with red, orange, green and yellow powder squares arranged in a geometric mandala with a central lotus-like pattern. Yellow and white garlands hang on the right beside a pot-shaped vessel. Around the kolam sit baskets and bowls of banana, rose and flower petals, rice, donut-shaped sweets, cut vegetables and betel-type leaves, with brass plates and oil lamps at left. No people are visible; only partial white-clad legs appear at the top edge.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23A photograph of a ceremonial floor mandala, a vastu-style grid laid out on a white cloth for a bhumi puja. Coloured grains in green, yellow, orange and brown form squares and a central cross, bordered by a band of yellow marigold petals. Bananas, a leaf, a basket of flower petals, and garlands of white and red flowers sit around the edges, with a small red kumkum dish. No people are visible.2016-11-23Overhead photograph of a ritual arrangement on a lavender and purple striped cloth placed on a grey paved floor. Four rice-based motifs in red, yellow, black and cream form a cross-like pattern around a central cream circle with red and yellow rings. Behind it sit bowls of red apples and green grapes and a small decorated brass-like lamp with a lattice design, with yellow turmeric or kumkum blocks at the top edge. The arrangement resembles a puja or ritual setup; no people are visible.2017-05-02A photograph of a ritual floor diagram, a vastu-style mandala of coloured powders laid on a white cloth in green, yellow, orange, red and brown squares, with a yellow flower border and yellow marigold petals scattered on the diagram. Around it are a basket of pink and red flower petals, a bowl of bananas, a dish of white grains, a bowl of yellow powder, a bowl of fried sweets, green leaves, and large garlands of white and red flowers with a kalasha-like pot at the upper right. No people are visible.2016-11-23A photograph of a white chalk kolam drawn on a grey concrete floor. The central design is a flower-like motif of white petals outlined in dark red, with four petal-shaped figures arranged around it at the top, bottom, left and right. Above the motif are two pairs of white striped lines outlined in red, flanking a small white swirl or curl. Dark damp patches mark the concrete, and a pale wall edge is visible at the right. No people are visible in the scene.2010-01-09A photograph of a large floor rangoli drawn in white chalk powder with pink, magenta, yellow, teal and green accents and red dots, arranged as a symmetrical lotus-petal mandala on a bare concrete ground. Behind it a low wall is painted in red and white vertical stripes, with draped cloths in green, purple and white placed on top and a fringed purple-and-gold cloth hanging at the right. A thin white-and-green floral garland border runs along the base of the wall. No people are visible.2010-12-22A photograph of a square brick homa fire pit (kund) filled with fine sand, with a white powder yantra drawn on the sand surface. The pit's edges are decorated with white, yellow and red powder swirls and kumkum dots. Brass bowls of yellow turmeric or saffron liquid and a bowl of yellow marigold petals and white flowers sit around the pit, with purple flowers at the top. A brass oil lamp stands at the lower right, and a green leaf and a small brass vessel lie near the base. No people are visible.