Making Kolam;Rangoli in front of kapaleeswarar temple during Arupathumoovar festival in Mayilapore, Chennai ,Tamil Nadu,India.

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Kolam is a form of painting that is drawn using rice powder, white rock powder often using naturally/synthetically colored powders in Tamil Nadu. A kolam is a geometrical line drawing composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. Kolams are thought to bestow prosperity to homes. Every morning in Tamil Nadu, millions of women draw kolams on the ground with white rice powder.

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Location: Mylapore,Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India.
Photo credit: © Muthuraman Vaithinathan / Alamy / Afripics
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