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Overhead photo of a group seated on a stone floor learning to make traditional instruments. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged, pointing at papers spread on the floor among small brass-coloured tubular pieces. Behind him a young person with long curly dark hair in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits beside a large grey stone. Two other people in white with orange shawls sit on a teal cloth, and a fifth person in white is at the lower right near a brass item. A dark maroon cloth pouch lies among the papers.

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Photo of several people seated cross-legged on a stone floor in an outdoor courtyard beside an ancient stone wall and a stone pillar. A man in a white shirt and white trousers, barefoot, with a ring and a black wrist cord, writes in a notebook with a blue pen while another seated person in a white garment and orange shawl, wearing glasses and a red bindi, rests a hand on her chin. A third person with long curly dark hair in white clothes leans in over a notebook at the lower right. Brass ritual items such as lamps sit on a cloth at the lower left and cloth lies draped over a stone at the upper left. The setting suggests a traditional learning session on instruments and ritual cords.2007-05-09February GL 20052008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09Outdoor devotional gathering on a sandy ground with a woman in long dark hair seated on a white-covered raised platform, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a red bindi. She sits on a red-and-gold patterned mat while a man in white kurta with an orange shawl kneels before her, and a second man in white with orange shawl holds a stack of books. Behind them, people in white clothes and orange shawls stand, and seated devotees in white and a girl in gold-bordered sari with a ribbon badge sit on a striped mat under a canopy with orange drapery. The swami-style candidate is not confidently identifiable from appearance, so the seated woman is described by role only.2006-12-31September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesOctober 01 20072007-10-01A seated group on a teal cloth with a striped mat in a tent-like structure with white walls and an orange-edged wooden frame. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and white rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged at centre with a ring on his hand. He is attended by a man in white kurta with orange shawl at right and a bald, saffron-robed man with gold armlets and necklace at far right holding a small book. On the left, a woman in red garments with a red bindi and beaded necklace sits beside a young person in orange with forehead markings, while a woman in white with her hair in a bun faces them from the foreground. A green cloth-draped figure and a large gold-trimmed backdrop appear behind. A brass cup sits on the cloth.2015-09-11September 18 20152015-09-18 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of five men in white ritual clothes sitting in a loose circle on bare red earth, with low brick seats and dry grass around them. Most have palms pressed together in anjali mudra; the man at left holds an open book, the man second from left holds loose papers, and the man at right holds a small folded booklet. Several wear blue lanyards. A dark shoulder bag sits on the ground near the centre. A man at the far left edge, partly cropped, holds papers while sitting on a chair. No a person candidate is visibly present.2010-02-10A photograph of three women seated cross-legged on red floor mats in a hall with black chairs behind them. The woman in front, in white with red embroidered sleeves and a red shawl, wears layered rudraksha malas and writes on loose papers held in her left hand. To the left, a woman in white with a beaded mala takes notes in a notebook. Behind them, a woman in a red shawl reads, and orange cloth bags rest on the floor. Purple water bottles sit on the mats.2014-09-13August 23 20142014-08-23July 23 20102010-07-23