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A photograph of four men in a bare concrete hall standing around a colourful floor kolam of stylised shapes made from white, red, black, yellow and orange powder with Tamil lettering nearby. The man on the left, with white beard and a white forehead mark, holds a brass tray of pink flower petals. The bearded man in the centre wears a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala, his hands folded at his chest. The man on the right wearing a white cloth blindfold and a dark jeans, with a red thread and pendant, gestures with his hands over the kolam. A fourth man at the far right in a white dhoti with gold border stands beside him. The walls have perforated ventilation blocks and a partly visible pile of earth sits behind them.

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Four men stand barefoot on a concrete floor in a plain whitewashed hall. Three wear white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies; the man at right wears a white dhoti with no visible border. The man at left holds a brass tray of pink flower petals and has a white cloth tied over his eyes. The man in the centre wears a rudraksha mala and holds a small object. A younger man in dark trousers and a brown belt has a white blindfold and his arm extended over the others. Painted rangoli-style designs in white, red, yellow and black sit on the floor in front of them, with a cornerstone-style block wall and building materials behind.2025-02-01A photograph inside a plain, whitewashed hall with a concrete floor and a ceiling fan. Four men in white dhotis with gold borders stand around a blindfolded man in dark trousers and a brown belt, who is bare-chested and reaching his hands forward. The bare-chested man in white at right has a white tilak on his forehead. 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The man on the right wears a gold-bordered white dhoti, has a sacred thread and a red-and-white tilak on his forehead, and is lighting an oil lamp. In front of them lie brass plates with flowers, a banana leaf, a kalasha-style vessel and small brass items on a yellow cloth printed with Tamil text. A bottle of oil and bags stand nearby, and wooden chairs are placed against a tiled wall. Two other people are partially visible at the edges, one seated in a white dhoti at the right edge and another seated at the back in a striped sweater.2025-12-21A photograph of a large hall with a wooden floor where a seated group of men performs a puja. Most are bare-chested in white dhotis with gold borders and white shawls, many with sandalwood or vibhuti markings on their foreheads and arms. Several sit cross-legged on orange and purple mats with small brass plates, flowers, oil lamps with lit wicks, and vessels in front of them, while some hold ritual threads. Behind them, other men in white clothing sit on the floor and on chairs beneath ceiling fans, and a gold-brocade cloth hangs on the left wall.May 26 20172017-05-26July 21 20102010-07-21