alpona Bengal alpona, part 3 "At Sumitra’s home" The path leading to the house is covered with footprints to show Goddess Lakshmi the way to their home. Rabi’s grandmother Sumitra draws on the beaten earth with a confident hand guiding the milky substance between her fingers.
mandana Mandana paintings, part 8 "Paglya, the divine footprints" The goddess is also invoked through unusual mandana called paglya, literally “footmark”. Drawn outside the house on the verandah and around the main mandana, they welcome the goddess inside the home to bless the family members.