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A whitewashed room with a large colourful Ganesha murti seated against the back wall, decorated in red, orange and gold with a golden crown and garland. In front, a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands at left beside a man holding a video camera, wearing an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulder. Seated rows of men in white shirts, checked shirts and blue shirts face the front, with a microphone on a stand at left. Several photographers and a videographer stand at right, one photographing with a compact camera. Orange and purple mats cover the floor. The scene looks like a gathering or talk held before the Ganesha murti.

January 08 2010

January 08 2010

A photograph of a press conference in a whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof. Seated rows of men in white shirts, dark trousers and yellow-lanyard ID cards face the front; several hold notebooks and pens, and one wears a blue striped shirt. Standing at the back, a man in white with a yellow scarf holds a still camera, and another in white stands by a tripod-mounted video camera. A saffron cloth is draped over a stand near the wall, with brass lamps beside a framed picture. A wall poster shows a blue-robed figure. Roughly fifteen to twenty people are visible.

A seated audience of devotees fills rows of red-cushioned black chairs in a hall decorated with gold-coloured sculptures, including a gold throne-like chair and a gold horse figure, and a framed portrait on a stand in the background. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers; one man in the centre-right wears a white shirt and dhoti with a yellow cloth over his lap, and another in yellow shirt sits at left. Several wear event lanyard badges, and some have rudraksha-style malas. The foreground includes a man in a light blue shirt with a tilak and a bald man in a white shirt. Everyone faces forward attentively toward an unseen speaker.

A seated audience of men in an indoor hall, listening attentively. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt holds a notebook and pen, with another man in a white shirt beside him; to the left, a man in a blue shirt sits with his hand to his chin, and a man in a dark shirt rests his chin on his hand. Behind them, standing figures wear white shirts and yellow shawls, and a red and white decorative element is visible at the upper right.

A press briefing in a plain white-walled hall with a concrete floor. Rows of seated men fill the frame, most with notebooks or pens: one in a white shirt holding a pen over a pad, another in a pale blue shirt. A cameraman in a light blue shirt stands at the back holding a video camera on a tripod. Behind them a framed poster shows a blue-skinned human figure with raised arms in a pink-and-white glowing outline, with a Tamil heading above it. Two brass lamps stand on a table at the left edge, and a saffron-clad person stands near the back wall.

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Indoor photograph of a seated congregation at a Dasara celebration in a hall decorated with orange and purple garlands and a golden deity murti in the background. In the foreground, a young man in white with a shaved head holds his hands in anjali mudra, and a bespectacled man in an orange-red shawl sits centrally among others in white, cream and yellow kurtas. A man in a yellow polo shirt sits on the left, and a bald man in white stands near the back. Several people in the front row have their eyes closed or heads bowed in prayer. No one in the image is identifiable as a person from appearance.

A seated audience of men at a discourse, most dressed in white shirts and white mundus with rudraksha malas around their necks, several with white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. Some sit in wheelchairs at the front rows, and others wear dark blue or teal shirts. Many listen with hands clasped or resting on their faces, and a golden figure is partly visible at the right edge. Pale pink walls form the backdrop of the hall.

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