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May 24 2013

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Close-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.2017-07-09A white chalk kolam drawn on a pale concrete floor, with a symmetrical floral design of looping curves, petals and a central star-like flower radiating outward. Dappled shadows of a railing or branches fall across the upper part of the ground. The pattern is complete and no people are visible.2014-02-02Close-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.2010-11-01Overhead view of a ground kolam on reddish-brown earth. A central white Om symbol with ornate border sits among red and orange flower petals. Green vine-like curling lines with white and pink dot flowers radiate outward in a circular floral design. No people are visible; only the decorated ground and scattered petals.2010-11-09July 21 20102010-07-21Aadheenam Construction 20092009-01-01September 12 20122012-09-12A close ground-level photograph of a rangoli-style floral arrangement on a concrete floor. Red roses with scattered petals sit at the centre, flanked by white jasmine-like flowers with green stems painted or drawn on the ground. An orange cloth edge appears at the top right above a wooden platform, and a blue strip runs across the middle. No people are visible.2010-11-09A lit clay oil lamp sits on a small brass dish on a stone floor, its flame glowing in the centre. Beside it lie a pink rose and a white and yellow frangipani flower. Around them is a colourful floor design in white, red, yellow and green powder, with a few flower-like patterns. The setting is dim and shadowed, with no people visible.2011-02-02February 16 20072007-02-16Close photo of a white powder design drawn on a wooden surface, with a brass-tipped stylus or pointed tool and a garland of white jasmine and red flowers at the lower right. A partially visible arm in a red sleeve with decorative embroidery is at the top right. The white powder design shows curved lines.2010-07-21A photograph of a white kolam, a traditional rangoli drawn in lime or rice powder, covering reddish-brown earth. Its intricate symmetrical floral and leaf-like loops radiate from a central lump of cow dung topped with small pink and white flowers, a Pongal-style decoration.2018-01-14