Post and Fold

Pralhad explained that this is a "rangoli" which is a kind of blessing drawn on the ground at the entrance to a temple or home (apparently this one is very basic, and you can find much better designs at many people's houses - feel free to search Google for "rangoli" and see for yourself) - anyway, the Hindu religion holds that the gods travel in the morning, and so the rangoli is drawn as a kind of "welcome mat" to please the deities and invite them into the temple or home