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A 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.

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2008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09Photo of sannyasis in orange and white clothing gathered indoors tying bamboo frame pieces together with rope, learning a traditional craft. A man in white kurta with saffron shawl and rudraksha mala ties rope on bamboo poles around a tall brass-topped staff wrapped in red cloth. Other people in white and orange stand and crouch around, one wearing an orange cap and another with glasses. Bamboo rods, rope and a brass finial dominate the foreground.2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09A photograph of a group of men in white shirts and saffron-orange cloths tying bamboo poles together around a red-wrapped wooden staff with a brass finial, which appears to be a kattumurthy construction. A man in white with red forehead mark leans over the bamboo lashed with cord at top centre, while a seated man in white with an orange cloth works on the lower frame. A man in a white shirt and moustache watches, and a woman in orange stands behind. Indoors with plain walls. A woman on the left sits with a stringed instrument.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.2007-05-092008 - 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.2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09Indoor 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.2007-05-09Close photograph of sannyasis in white and saffron clothing tying a kattumurthy, a bamboo frame wrapped with red cloth and rope around a small golden-headed figure. One person in white holds a bamboo pole with bangles on the wrist, while another in white with a rudraksha mala watches and steadies the frame. The setting is a tiled floor with a red cloth and loose cord on the left, indoors.2007-05-09A photo of sannyasis in orange and white clothing gathered around a wooden frame of bamboo poles lashed together with twine. A red-wrapped central staff topped by a brass finial is being tied into the frame. A man in an orange cap and orange sash works at the knots, and another man on the left holds bamboo. A long-haired person with a rudraksha mala around the neck is seen from behind in the right foreground, working on the bindings. The setting is a plain whitewashed room with a green-and-red striped cloth on the left.2007-05-09