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A photograph of a small indoor shrine room with white walls and a red floor covering. On the left a gold-coloured deity murti stands on an altar, and on the right a framed picture of a deity with a blue face sits in a decorated gold frame. In the centre a person in an orange-saffron top and dark pants bends forward over a pot or vessel on the floor. Near them a person in a blue garment kneels, and in the lower foreground people in checked cloth and red and teal saris sit on the floor among brass vessels and offerings, consistent with a food offering.

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A dim indoor photo of an Anna Daan food offering. A standing person in an orange saffron robe bends forward, serving food from a steel vessel onto leaf plates laid on the floor. Several seated people, including children and adults in colourful saris and salwar, sit cross-legged along the floor eating. In the background on a raised altar, a seated figure in orange and gold ornamental clothing sits beside a framed portrait, and a floral-patterned curtain hangs at the left.2024-08-09Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamAugust 20 20132013-08-20Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam2001 - KAILASA in Tiruchengode (activities yet to be dated)A dimly lit indoor photograph of an anna daan food distribution in a plain room with a light-coloured wall and a patterned cloth hanging at left. A figure in an orange saffron robe stands at centre-left, bending over while serving. Beside them a person in dark clothing holds a steel pot. Several seated people, mostly in dark and muted clothes, sit on the floor with leaf or steel plates in front of them, receiving food. The image is grainy and low-light, and the seated diners are only partly visible.2024-08-09A photograph of a free medical camp setting where a woman in a red and gold saree places her hand on the head of a seated woman in a pale blue top. An elderly woman in a yellow and purple saree sits with hands pressed together in prayer. Several other women, seen from behind, are in the foreground. Behind them is a white-draped table with a framed picture, brass lamps and flowers, and green plastic trays on the left. A man in white clothing stands at the upper right. The scene appears to show a blessing or healing touch during the camp.A photograph of a ritual at a temple setting. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes sits cross-legged at the lower left, reading from a sheet of paper. In front of him is a decorated altar with a dark stone or metal lingam-like object, offerings of fruit, flowers, and bowls, and a red-and-gold ornate box. About a dozen devotees sit behind on the floor, several women in colourful saris (pink, purple, green) and a few men in white, watching the ceremony. The setting appears to be a temple hall with pillars and a plain wall behind. This looks like an abhishekam or puja being performed in a temple.A photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a plain, dimly lit room with a white wall and a pale ceiling light. In the foreground a small wooden table holds a laptop, with cables running across a red-and-white circular floor marking. Behind stacks of wrapped boxes and offering trays, a bare-chested young priest with a rudraksha mala and a white cloth sits beside a woman in a white sari. Two older men in white shirts and dhotis sit at the back, and several people in colourful saris and checked lungis sit in a semicircle on the right, watching the proceedings. The setting suggests a homa or puja broadcast to remote participants.2019-07-06 +1 copiesA domestic prayer gathering in a tiled living room where a group of about two dozen people sit on a green mat and floor cushions facing a shrine. A woman in an orange saffron sari leads the worship at the right, holding a small brass lamp, with a brass puja plate of fruit and flowers before her. A man in white shirt and dhoti sits near the front, and women in purple, red and blue saris and children in mixed clothing sit in rows. A television screen showing a religious image with a garland hangs on the wall, and framed pictures and a glass cabinet with decorative items stand behind them.2007-10-01May 09 20122012-05-09 +2 copiesAnnadhan in 20142014-01-01 +2 copies