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A young girl with long dark hair sits crouched on orange-painted steps, smiling toward the camera. She wears a blue and gold-trimmed salwar kameez, a pendant necklace, pink bangles and a gold watch, with pink sandals on her feet. On the grey concrete ground in front of her, colourful chalk drawings in pink, purple, blue and green form a rangoli-style design, with a sweeping pink and purple shape and a pale rectangular outline. The scene is a simple outdoor ashram-village setting with no visible a person candidate.

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A young girl with long dark hair crouches smiling on a concrete walkway decorated with colourful chalk floral rangoli designs in blue, purple, red, yellow and pink. She wears a blue salwar with an orange and blue patterned kurta, a pendant necklace, a pink bangle and a gold-toned watch, and sandals. Her hand rests on the orange-painted edge of the path beside a white wall with red trim.2010-12-12A smiling young girl in a blue striped short-sleeved top over a blue-and-grey floral print skirt crouches on a concrete ground drawing a colourful kolam rangoli with coloured powder. Her wrists carry silver bangles and she wears small gold earrings. Around her, pink, blue, yellow, green and purple floral and leaf motifs, a red-and-blue circular lotus design with a red spiral centre, and white looping lines cover the ground. A small white cup of coloured powder sits beside her hand. Partially visible at the upper left, another person in orange clothing sits nearby.2010-12-12A young girl with a dark ponytail, wearing a purple collared top and brown leggings, sits cross-legged on a concrete floor drawing a kolam-style floor design with coloured powder. The white and blue-green lines form a central flower with spiral petals and small orange dots at the edges. A cup of blue-green powder sits at the right edge, and a person in orange clothing's bare feet appear at the bottom right corner.2012-05-02A young boy kneels on a concrete floor, pressing a round metal stencil into a green colored-powder design, with blue, red and yellow powder nearby. He wears a white floral-print shirt over blue shorts, a dark rudraksha-style bead mala around his neck, and a blue dot on his forehead. A white plastic cup of colored powder sits beside him against a white wall, with another person partly visible behind him.2010-12-12A girl in an orange t-shirt and black track pants kneels on a concrete path, painting a colourful flower rangoli design with powder held in a small white cup. Her hand is stained with blue and pink colour. Nearby, other children sit along the edge of an orange-red step painting similar floral and lotus-style patterns in yellow, pink, purple and blue. Additional white paint cups sit on the concrete, and a folded blue floral cloth lies on the step.2010-12-12A young boy in a blue and white checked short-sleeved shirt kneels on a concrete surface, drawing with white chalk. He wears a red bindi on his forehead and a gold bangle on his wrist, and looks toward the camera. Behind him on the ground are colourful chalk designs in purple, green, blue and yellow, including a curling serpent-like line and a large white outlined figure with red and green accents. An orange wall runs along the right edge. No a person candidate is visible.2010-12-12A smiling young girl with curly blonde hair crouches beside an orange-painted concrete step and a grey concrete floor decorated with colourful chalk art of swirling white, blue, green, purple and pink shapes. She wears a floral pastel t-shirt, black capri trousers, yellow slip-on shoes, a gold bangle, and a dark bead mala with a pendant.2010-12-12Three smiling children crouch on a concrete step, painting colourful chalk-style designs. The boy on the left wears a light blue button-up shirt and dark shorts with a bangle on his wrist. The girl in the centre wears a red top and grey trousers, and the girl on the right wears a red top and white trousers. Their paint cups are pink and blue. On the step is a pink shivalinga-shaped motif with horizontal yellow and red bands, a large pink lotus-like flower with purple petals, and pink and blue floral vines. Other children are partly visible at the edges, and the ground is reddish dirt.2010-12-12May 02 20122012-05-02Overhead photo of a young woman with glasses and a long side braid kneeling on a stone floor, filling a chalk-outlined floral kolam design with bright pink powder. She wears a white and red floral-print kurta, a gold bangle, and a beaded necklace. Her hand presses a pink petal shape within the white lines of the drawing. No swami visible; the scene shows rangoli-style floor art preparation.2012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02A boy with short dark hair sits on orange-painted temple steps, drawing a multicoloured flower with a pink chalk stick on the pale stone. The flower has petals in green, yellow, purple, blue, pink and red. He wears a light blue long-sleeved top and dark navy jeans, and he is barefoot. Beside him, another child in a pink floral top and blue shorts, with a beaded necklace, sits with hands clasped. Chalk-stained fingers and a white pot of colour are visible at the lower left.2010-12-12