Rangaavalli

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This is a picture of rangoli in Meenaxi temple courtyard in Houston, TX... Out of curiosity I wikied the term Rangoli and found the meaning. Of course everybody knows that the sandhivichhed is rang + aavalli. The meanings are: rang = color (duh!!!), aavalli (colored creepers or rows of color).....

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