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A photograph of men in white clothes and saffron-orange shawls working on a bamboo frame. A man in a white shirt holds a red-wrapped wooden shaft with a brass-topped handle while binding bamboo sticks with twine. Another man on the right, in a white garment and orange shawl with a rudraksha mala, pulls cord tight. Two men on the left wear orange shawls and rudraksha malas; one holds a pen and paper. Bamboo poles cross the frame, and a person's dark hair is visible in the lower right foreground. Another man sits or kneels on a green and red cloth in the background.

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2008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09A photograph of people assembling a traditional Tamil percussion-related frame: a bamboo structure lashed with twine to a brass finial shaped like a carved head with a conical top, wrapped in red cloth. A man in a white kurta with an orange shawl works on the bamboo with his hands while a man in a white shirt and a woman with light hair stand beside him. A young man in profile at right looks on. The setting is a plain, pale-walled room with a bare bulb cord visible. Visible people are a monk-like man in orange and white, two standing participants, a woman, and an observer; no identity is asserted from appearance.2007-05-09A photograph of men assembling a bamboo frame indoors on a wooden board. A seated man in white clothing with an orange shawl ties rope around a bamboo cross-piece, while another man in white holds the frame steady. A red-wrapped vertical post with gold markings stands at the centre, and a pair of red-painted cylinders and loose bamboo lengths lie on the floor at right. The setting looks like a workshop or prayer room with plain white walls. Someone's grey-haired head is visible at the lower left, and a hand holds the red post.2007-05-09A photograph of a workshop-like room where men in white dhotis and orange shawls gather around a bamboo frame. A cylindrical wooden drum body with a gold-tipped top and red wrapping is bound to crossed bamboo poles with rope. A young man with short dark hair leans in over the frame, working the rope lashings. Red cloth lies on the floor and a red gas cylinder stands at the left edge. Several people are visible, including partially visible hands and legs at the edges.2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09Photograph of young sannyasis in white clothes with orange shawls learning the traditional method of tying a kattumurthy (bamboo frame) at an event in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. A young man in a white kurta and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and red tilak, closely watches a bamboo pole that is being bound with rope. Another man in white stands to the right beside the bamboo frame, and a tied bamboo crossbar is in the foreground. Dim interior with a dark wall behind the group.2007-05-09March 26 20082008-03-26Indoor photo of sannyasis in white kurtas with orange shawls learning to tie a kattumurthy, a red-wrapped bamboo-framed figure with a gold-tone head and arms. A man in the right foreground holds the red bundle while bamboo poles and cord are being arranged; a second seated man in white and orange sits behind it, and a partly visible man in the lower left watches. The room has pale walls, a doorway, a wall tap and bamboo lying against the wall at left.2007-05-09May 02 20142014-05-022008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09A photograph of a bamboo frame being lashed together around a figure wrapped in red cloth with gold-painted hands. Bamboo poles are bound with rope to form a tripod-like structure, and the wrapped figure, a kattumurthy, has arms raised and a gold-tinted head. Two men stand at the edges: on the left a young man in white clothes with an orange sash and red tilak, and on the right a man in white with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace pendant, his hand touching the frame. The background is a dim stone wall with a small lamp and hanging cloth.2007-05-09