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A woman in a yellow and white floral salwar kameez crouches on a concrete ground, drawing a large white kolam rangoli with rice flour. The intricate circular design has radiating petals and loops, dotted at the centre with red and orange flower petals or kumkum. Two people stand behind her: one in white churidar and kurta with bare feet, and another in a white dhoti with red border, also barefoot.

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November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12December 31 20062006-12-31A young woman in a white kurta and white trousers bends forward over a white chalk rangoli on a concrete floor, pouring liquid from a small white bucket with a green cloth in her hand. The intricate lotus-like kolam radiates from a small red dot at its centre. Behind her, several people in white clothes stand barefoot near a pile of footwear, a potted plant and a red pillar at the edge of the covered space.2009-06-09December 31 20062006-12-31Photograph of a covered hall with a large white chalk kolam rangoli floral mandala on the bare ground in the foreground. Several women in white saris with coloured borders walk and sit around the hall, one woman in a white sari with a red-bordered saree and a lanyard badge carries a plate; a man in a striped shirt and dark trousers stands at right beside a woman in a cream sari with a red-and-gold border. A woman in a yellow-blue outfit and children stand near the centre, while a woman seated on the floor works on another kolam. Orange and white decorative banners hang along the pillars, and a water bottle sits on the ground. Lit by sunlight through the hall.2006-12-31A close photograph of a hand drawing a white rangoli kolam on a grey concrete ground. The hand, with dark skin, wears gold bangles and a gold ring set with a pearl, and holds a small cluster of purple flower petals or buds placed at the centre of a symmetrical lotus-petal pattern. The white powder design radiates outward with petal and loop motifs. No other people are visible.2009-06-09A photograph of a ground-level kolam on bare earth, a Pongal-season floor design of geometric and floral motifs drawn in white powder and filled with bright coloured powders in purple, green, orange, red, blue and yellow. A young girl in a white blouse and white skirt with a long plaited braid kneels at the right, using a small clay bowl to add colour. Behind, another woman in white with an orange-bordered sari sits near a wooden stick and brick pieces, and a boy in a brown shirt stands at the upper right edge by a wooden post.2008-01-16A photograph of a white chalk kolam drawn on a grey concrete floor. The large central design is a symmetrical geometric pattern with interlocking loops, a central eight-petalled flower, lotus motifs and curled scroll ends. Above it, stone steps carry smaller white lotus drawings and a small lamp-like motif, and a smaller flower kolam appears at the right edge. No people are visible.2010-01-09December 31 20062006-12-31December 26 20102010-12-26A 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.2010-07-08