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A photograph taken outdoors beside a white wall carrying two signs: a yellow sign reading MUTHULAXMI SPINNING MILLS (P) LTD. in English and Tamil, and a dark blue sign reading WE GROW WITH STATE BANK OF INDIA COMMERCIAL BRANCH RAJAPALAYAM. In the foreground a man in white shirt and light trousers faces away from the camera and holds a white cloth. At right a man in a white shirt and white dhoti carries a metal tray of fruit, a coconut and white flower garlands. Two men in white shirts stand behind at right near a grille door. The ground is dirt and concrete, with a blue water pipe at left.

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October 24 20062006-10-24A roadside scene outside a white-walled compound with an orange-tiled gatehouse and a wrought-iron gate. Several men stand on a dusty road in white shirts and dhotis or trousers. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands with palms pressed together in respectful greeting. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and green lungi holds a white flag with a blue stripe aloft on a pole. Another man in a white shirt holds up a small object near the centre, and a man in a grey shirt and dhoti stands at left with hands folded. A man in a light shirt and dhoti stands near the gate, and a uniformed guard stands by the gatepost. Signboards on the wall read Muthulakshmi Spinning Mills (P) Ltd and State Bank of India Commercial Branch Rajapalayam. Dirt mounds and young plants lie beside the wall.2006-10-24A close view of a white building wall beneath an orange clay-tiled roof, showing two rectangular signboards. 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A man in a white shirt with a vibhuti-marked forehead stands center. Bystanders in the background include an elderly man in white dhoti.2006-10-24October 24 20062006-10-24A photograph taken outside a gated compound with a tall red-and-cream iron gate, its panels set in pillars with circular motifs, and an orange-tiled roof on a small white gatehouse. Two men stand in the foreground: a bearded man in white shirt and dhoti with a green cloth tied at his waist, holding a white flag on a pole and talking on a mobile phone, and an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a small pendant and folded arms. A third older man in a white shirt with a bag on his shoulder stands to the right beside a large saffron-orange flag bearing a blue emblem of a bird. Through the gate, figures and a red fabric canopy are visible inside the compound. 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