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Outdoor photo on a paved sidewalk outside a glass storefront. A woman in white clothing crouches on the left, pouring or sprinkling bright orange powder to form a long line on the pavement, with a red bowl and a plate beside her. Two large round rangoli designs are on the concrete: a vivid magenta-and-purple circle decorated with white dots and curved white lines, and a smaller orange circle behind it. A tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp stands at the centre of the magenta design, beside potted ferns. White canopy tents and folding tables line the walkway behind them.

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A photograph of an entrance area with a large magenta rangoli design on the pavement in front of glass doors. White circular and curved motifs decorate the purple powder pattern. In the centre stands a tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp with many cups, and behind it a golden deity murti is visible. Green ferns sit in planters on either side. A few people are partly visible through the glass doors, including someone in white and someone in a teal outfit, and a parked car is outside. The scene suggests Diwali decorations at a temple entrance.2009-10-17A photograph of a magenta and purple rangoli, a floor kolam made of coloured powder, laid on a concrete walkway outside a glass-fronted building. White curved lines and white dotted motifs with swastika-like shapes decorate the design. At its centre stands a tall brass oil lamp with multiple tiers of small cups, set on a round brass base. A green potted fern sits at the right edge and orange powder is visible at the left. No people are visible. The scene reflects Deepavali decorations.2009-10-17Outdoors on an asphalt parking lot, a woman in white kneels and draws white outlines of letters in a large orange powder rangoli that reads HAPPY DIWALI and NITHYANANDA. A man in a grey sweatshirt and dark shorts crouches nearby beside plastic bags and containers. Orange traffic cones, parked white cars and a pink patch of colour are visible behind them.2009-10-17December 31 20062006-12-31A woman in a cream sari with a yellow blouse kneels on a grey floor at the base of stone steps, sprinkling white powder from a small metal bowl to draw a colourful kolam. The finished rangoli shows two blue-skinned, crowned deity figures in flowing pink, purple and orange garments embracing, set within a white scalloped border. Behind her, a pair of drums stands near a white-walled structure with red and white striped steps, and several people in white clothes and a man in a maroon dhoti stand or sit in the background among green plants.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA large circular floor decoration on a concrete ground outside a building with white brick walls. The design is a red-orange kolam or rangoli, a ground-painted pattern with a red base, white curling line motifs radiating from a central white ornate rosette, and smaller white flower-like rosettes around the outer ring. A red curb edges the bottom. No people are visible.2009-10-17November 12 20102010-11-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a temple entrance during Diwali preparations. A man in a white kurta and dhoti with rust-coloured trim stands barefoot with arms folded beside a large pink and purple kolam rangoli on the pavement. Beside it stands a tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp. A second man in a light blue kurta bends over the orange rangoli, and a third man in a pale blue sweater stands at left near plastic bags and pink powder packets. White canopy tents and a glass entrance door with orange decorations are behind them. Four people are visible, including one reflected in the glass.2009-10-17June 09 20092009-06-09A 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 large circular rangoli floor design made of red-orange powder with white dotted flower motifs, curved white lines and a central white rosette, laid on a concrete surface in front of a white brick wall and glass doors. No people are visible in the frame.2009-10-17A photograph of ground-level rangoli artwork on a paved entrance. In the upper left, a magenta circular kolam with white dot and curve patterns surrounds a brass oil lamp with several wicks. Below it, a long band of red-orange powder spells out lettering in white powder on dark pavement, bordered by white parallel lines. At the top edge, the feet and the hem of a cream garment and an orange-saffron robe of a standing person are partly visible. Potted ferns sit by the doorway.2009-10-17