Merry Mandalas

During festivals in India–and there are many of them–people, even those of very limited means, will draw colourful mandalas in front of their homes. At night, they sometimes put candles on them, as here at this house in Mandu. The porch upon which this radiant design was realized was a mud paving made by mixing earth with cow dung. One of the amazing things about India is how people transcend poverty and create beauty in the most unlikely of circumstances.