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September 03 2010

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A red rose sits at the centre of a circle of white jasmine-like flowers and purple blue petals laid on a grey stone or concrete floor dusted with white powder. No people, statues or portraits are visible. The flowers and rose form a ring around the central bloom, with white powder lines radiating outward on the ground.2010-09-03A ground-level photograph of a rangoli design drawn on bare brown earth. The floral kolam has a central circle with a white patterned motif surrounded by red and orange flower petals, with white flower shapes and green leaf outlines radiating outward in concentric rings. No people, deities or a person are visible; the scene is only the decorated ground.2010-11-09Close-up photograph of a flower arrangement on a blue-green patterned surface. A single red rose sits at the centre, surrounded by a ring of white jasmine-style blossoms and small pink flowers, with sprigs of green leaves arranged along the right side. No people are visible.December 25 20092009-12-25Close-up photograph of a white rangoli-style floor design on a pale sandstone paving slab with dark mortar joints. A white lotus-like pattern with pointed petals surrounds five orange and red powder dots. No people are visible in the frame, and the surrounding stone tiles are plain and sunlit.2017-07-09Close-up of a stone-grey floor decorated with a yellow and magenta kolam-style floral design made of coloured powder, with white jasmine-like flowers and a pink rose placed at the centre. A woven straw mat with a blue border sits at the upper left edge of the frame. No people or a person candidate are visible.2010-11-01A close-up photograph of a floor rangoli on a grey stone pavement. The design is a radial flower-like pattern of eight yellow petal shapes and green petal shapes alternating around a small deep red centre, outlined in thin white powder lines. No people are visible.2016-09-26December 24 20172017-12-24May 03 20122012-05-03A colourful floor rangoli on a dark concrete ground, drawn with coloured powders outlined in white. Six stylised flowers with green leaves ring a central blue pinwheel-like star dotted with white. The flowers alternate red, magenta, and orange petals. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible.2008-01-01A photograph of a single large red rose at the centre of a ground covered with white jasmine-like flowers and scattered purple petals. The rose sits on a pale, dusty or sandy surface, with fine white granular material visible around it. No people, statues or ritual figures are visible.2010-09-03A floor rangoli on bare ground, arranged as a large symmetrical flower design with a central lotus-like medallion of red rose petals and green leaves, ringed by bands of yellow marigold strings. Teal-green painted petal shapes and white chalk outlines surround the centre, with scattered red petals, orange blooms and a small blue flower. No people are visible in the frame, and the design occupies the whole image.2009-12-26