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A large circular floor rangoli drawn in coloured powders on a textured reddish-brown tiled floor. The design has a central purple lotus-like flower with a yellow ring, surrounded by concentric rings of teal and blue petals, orange swirl motifs, and green lotus buds at the top, bottom, left and right. Small purple dots and white line outlines define the patterns. No people are visible.

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A floor rangoli, a colourful sand or powder kolam on a reddish tiled floor, shaped as a turtle seen from above. Concentric white outlines frame a central purple flower with petals and dots, surrounded by rings of teal, green, gold and orange motifs, with orange and green lotus-like shapes forming the turtle's head, tail and limbs. No people, statues or readable text are visible.2013-09-29A large circular kolam rangoli drawn in coloured powders on a red tiled floor. Concentric rings show a central purple flower with white centre, surrounded by teal and blue petals, green leaves and orange flame-like motifs. Four green lotus shapes sit at the cardinal points, with orange and white lines outlining the design. No people are visible.2013-09-29December 31 20082008-12-31January 15 20182018-01-15A large colourful rangoli drawn in chalk and coloured powder on bare brown earth. A central eight-petalled flower with a yellow ring and blue inner petals surrounds a small red-and-white floral motif. Around it are a red scalloped border, blue and green lotus-like petals, pale green and yellow lattice diamonds, and white outlined birds with fanned tails at the edges. No people are visible.2008-01-01June 26 20142014-06-26A large, symmetrical floor rangoli made of coloured powders on bare ground. A central flower of magenta and violet petals surrounds an orange centre, encircled by concentric rings of green, yellow, orange, red, maroon and purple petal shapes with blue and dark green inner accents and white outlines. Sunlight and shadow fall across the design. Pale fabric edges appear at the upper corners, but no people are visible.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A large, colourful floor rangoli in concentric rings of yellow, orange, green, magenta and blue, outlined in white powder. A central eight-petal flower in magenta and pink holds an orange centre and small star motifs, surrounded by green leaf shapes and spiral swirls. Outer rings show scalloped petals and teardrop shapes in blue and green. Shadows of a pillar or fence fall across the pattern. Partial legs in white clothing appear at the top edge, and no full person is visible.2008-12-31A photograph of a floor rangoli, a colourful sand or powder design on pale tiles with no people visible. It is a large flower-like pattern with a central red circle bordered in orange, enclosing an eight-pointed star in blue and yellow-orange. Five small brass oil lamps sit in the centre, with a small red and gold decorative element among them. Ringing the centre are petal shapes in pink, green and yellow, separated by white outlines.2014-09-02A photograph of a floor kolam, a ground-drawn rangoli, on a dark concrete floor in front of a wall painted with red and white vertical stripes. The kolam is a symmetrical white-line design with lotus blossoms in magenta and purple, yellow-orange petals, teal leaves, and red dots, centred on a purple lotus motif. A green and white cloth hangs along the top of the wall, and a small portion of a person in white clothing is visible at the upper right edge.2010-12-22A photograph of a large floor rangoli on bare earth, drawn with coloured powders. Concentric rings of red and orange petals surround a central mound of dirt with a painted kalasha or pot motif in blue, white and red. Lotus-like pink flowers and green leaves ring the centre, and yellow marigold-style flowers lie at the top edge near a small dirt mound. No people are visible.