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Overhead view of boys sitting on a purple carpet painting at a Little Anandas children's programme. Four boys wear white T-shirts printed with I MEDITATE lettering in purple and yellow. Two boys at the top and right hold brushes over blank white paper sheets, with a set of small paint pots, a yellow paint box and a palette of watercolour cakes between them. White paper plates for mixing paint sit nearby, and purple caps lie on the floor. No swami figure is visible.

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A photograph of children seated on a purple floor painting at a Little Anandas program. Several boys wear white t-shirts and purple caps with yellow visors; they lean over sheets of paper and paper plates, using brushes, small paint trays and paint pots. One sheet shows a blue circle with white cut-out patches resembling a globe, and another shows blue and yellow wash. Scattered around them are paint bottles, tubes, a green paint jar and a few plastic lids. No adult figure with a distinctive ceremonial appearance is visible.2006-05-07A group of children sit cross-legged on a dark purple mat in a hall during the Little Anandas residential program. Many wear white T-shirts with a purple graphic and purple caps reading "I MEDITATE... DO YOU?" On the mat are blank white sheets of paper, crayons or pencils and small boxes. An adult in white traditional dress and another in jeans stand at the edge of the circle, and a few children in the foreground face away from the camera.2006-05-07Overhead photo of children painting on the floor of a plain room. Three children sit on a striped green and red woven mat in white t-shirts, one in grey shorts. A young man in a purple cap with a yellow brim and a white t-shirt leans over a sheet of paper, holding a paint brush over a paper plate of paint. Paint trays, a small wooden box, and a blue sheet lie on the concrete floor, and a child points at the painting on the paper. A faint purple bird logo appears at upper left.2006-05-07Children sit cross-legged and kneeling on a blue floor covering, drawing and colouring on white sheets of paper with pencils and crayons. Most wear white t-shirts printed with purple and yellow graphics, and some wear purple caps. A red and rainbow-striped crayon box and a set of coloured pencils lie on the floor among the papers. Several boys lean over their drawings, while one boy in a white shirt with a purple print looks up and to the side. No adult instructor or a person is visible.2006-05-07A photograph, rotated sideways, of children seated on a dark purple floor mat at a Little Anandas residential program. Many children wear white T-shirts with purple and yellow lettering and purple caps with yellow brims. In the foreground, a boy in a white T-shirt and jeans leans over white drawing paper showing a pencil sketch of a boat or ship beside a smudged black charcoal area. Scattered around are pencils, a red box of colour pencils, a purple cap and a striped woven cloth. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-05-07Children sit on a dark blue mat drawing with pencils on white paper at a residential children's programme. Three visible children are shown from behind and the side. The child in the centre wears a white t-shirt and pale patterned shorts and draws an outline. The child on the right wears a white t-shirt and cream patterned shorts and draws a flower outline with a pink pencil. The child on the left wears a white t-shirt with the lettering MEDITATE and a purple cap. A red box of coloured pencils sits on the mat, and a purple and green cap lies nearby.2006-05-07A photograph of children at a Little Anandas session seated on a dark blue cloth on the floor, painting and drawing on white paper with pencils and a paint box. Many boys wear white t-shirts printed with "I MEDITATE... DO YOU?" and purple caps with the same slogan lie nearby. One boy in a white shirt and dark trousers blows on his painting, while another in a white kurta kneels at the back. Plastic chairs and a wooden lattice wall form the background of the hall.2006-05-07Children sit cross-legged on a purple mat in a residential program room, painting on sheets of white paper with small paint pots and brushes. A boy in a white T-shirt with a purple portrait print and white trousers holds a brush above his paper; another boy in a similar white printed T-shirt and khaki trousers smiles toward the camera. A third child in a white shirt with the words 'MEDITATE... DO YOU?' sits in the foreground. Green and pink striped mats lie beneath them, and purple and yellow caps rest on the floor beside a box of Faber-Castell paints.2006-05-07A photograph, rotated on its side, of children painting at a long table in a plain concrete room. In the foreground a boy in a white t-shirt with purple lettering and dark-rimmed glasses leans over a sheet of paper, holding a paintbrush near a painted picture of a house, tree and blue sky. Beside him a boy in a purple cap with yellow brim and a white t-shirt with purple text paints at the table. Paint palettes and a paper plate are on the wall and table. Further figures are partly visible at the left edge. The setting suggests a children's art activity at a residential programme.2006-05-07A photograph of a large hall where many children sit on the floor painting on white sheets of paper. They wear white t-shirts with purple and yellow printed lettering and purple-and-yellow caps. A taller adult in a white shirt and khaki trousers bends over the group to assist. Striped green and red mats cover part of the floor, with cups and saucers scattered among the art supplies.2006-05-07Children sit cross-legged on a striped green, red and white mat painting at plates with watercolour cups, brushes and small paint pots. Several boys wear white T-shirts printed with I MEDITATE... DO YOU? in purple and yellow lettering, one wearing a purple cap. Paper sheets show painted pictures of hills, trees and waves, and a few cups of tea sit among the plates.2006-05-07A blurred photograph of a group of boys seated on a bare concrete floor in a large hall, working on white sheets of paper with markers and papers. Most wear white t-shirts printed with a purple and yellow graphic and the words "MEDITATE, DO YOU?"; several wear purple caps with yellow brims. A standing adult in a white shirt and grey trousers leans over the group on the left, and a boy in a tan shirt and purple cap reaches down at the upper right. Scattered caps, papers and marker caps lie on the floor.2006-05-07