indian bengali woman applying alta or alah or mahavar, a red dye on her feet with cotton swab. a traditional local culture for

alah alta applying art asian auspicious beautiful beauty bengal bengali bharatanatyam body classical colored colorful cultural culture dance dancer design durga dye ethnic feet female festival foot getting girl hand hindu india indian kathak local mahavar nail odisha odissi painting panchami puja ready red ritual saraswati skin south traditional vasant woman