INDIA: kolam, rangoli, house painting and decoration

Woman making a traditional Tevar kolam for Pongal. Sengottai. TN. LAX39. More kolams for pongal	Wall decorations, Charcha house. Bhopal. MP. LBF21.	Wall decorations, Rathva house. Tribal Houses Museum, Bhopal. MP. LBF14.
Wall decorations, Chodhri house. Tribal Houses Museum, Bhopal. MP. LBF16.	"Drishti" head proctecting a building. TN. 6AA90	Wall decorations, Rathva house. Tribal Houses Museum, Bhopal. MP. LBF15.
Kolam for Kartikkai. Kanchipuram. TN. LAH49.	"Drishti" head proctecting a building. TN. LAJ03	Traditional Tevar kolam for Pongal. Sengottai. TN. LAY13. More kolams for pongal
Wall decorations, Charcha house. Tribal Houses Museum, Bhopal. MP. LBF20.	Wall decorations, Gadaba house. Bhopal. MP. LBF12.	Wall decorations, Gadaba house. Tribal Houses Museum, Bhopal. MP. LBF11.
Wall decorations, Gadaba house. Tribal Houses Museum, Bhopal. MP. LBF13.	Kolams made for Pongal. TN. LE20	Wall decorations on a weaver's house. Nuapatna. Orissa. MP. LAL08.
Kolam for Pongal. Kanchipuram. TN. LK12.	Ploughs decorated for Pongal. TN. LF02	Kolams for Pongal. Kanchipuram. TN. LK13. More kolams for pongal
Painted signs representing proctective deities. TN. LM06 More religious decorations	Woman making a kolam for a wedding. TN. LK44	Woman making a mandala for a priest's consecration. LA05 More religious decorations
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