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A woman in a pink blouse and white floral-print skirt bends low at the threshold of a red-painted building, drawing or arranging something on the floor at the doorway. The doorway is framed by a garland of orange marigold flowers strung with green mango leaves, and white kolam dot-line patterns decorate both sides of the door frame. Inside the room, a small figure seated on a dark seat wears a saffron wrap and a dark cap, but the figure is too small and distant to identify. A brass bowl sits on the ground at left.

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