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Indoor photo of a ritual scene in a plain whitewashed hall. In the foreground, a young man in a white kurta wears an orange shawl over his shoulders and holds a small metal object in his right hand. Behind him, two more men in white kurtas with orange shawls stand in profile, one adjusting metal ritual vessels on a white-draped surface. On the left, a woman in a red sari with beaded necklaces sits, and other seated women in white are partly visible at the lower edge. On the right, a seated man in white with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace watches. A painted floral panel is visible on the upper left wall. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable.

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Photograph of three young men standing side by side in a whitewashed hall, all wearing white kurta-style clothing with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders and rudraksha malas. The nearest figure faces left in profile, the middle one looks ahead, and the third stands with one hand extended holding a small metal implement. A decorative painted pillar with floral motifs stands at the top left, and a seated person in white with an orange shawl appears at the lower right. The men appear to be attendants standing in a ritual or assembly setting.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09A photograph of young men in a room, seen in profile from the side. In the foreground a man with dark curly hair wears a white kurta and an orange shawl around his shoulders, one arm raised high. Behind him two more men in white clothes and orange shawls raise their arms in the same way, one with a white tilak on his forehead. A painted panel with a red, yellow and blue floral pattern hangs on the wall behind them. Their gesture suggests a group chanting or an upward-facing act in a devotional or satsang setting.2007-08-09October 15 20072007-10-15October 13 20072007-10-13A photograph of a ritual gathering in a whitewashed hall with a shrine and deity murti at upper left, draped in orange cloth and garlanded. A standing man in an orange robe with a shaved head and tilak, holding a small bell or hand instrument, is flanked by a man in white dhoti and shawl with arm extended and a man in white with an orange shawl holding a ritual object. Seated devotees in orange and yellow shawls line the floor, with brass lamps and ritual vessels in the foreground.2009-02-16Three standing men in white dhoti-style clothing with orange shawls perform aarti in a whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof. The man on the left holds a flaming wick lamp with a tilak on his forehead, the centre man holds a brass lamp with a lit flame, and the man on the right holds a brass lamp stand with flames. Several seated people in white garments sit on mats in the background and foreground, with brass lamps arranged on the floor. Woven patterned banners in orange, blue and red hang on the walls, and a small speaker and wooden table are visible.2007-10-15December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04October 15 20072007-10-15April 23 20162016-04-23December 21 20072007-12-21August 09 20072007-08-09