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Photograph of four people standing indoors against a grey plastered wall with a green cord. On the left, a man in a white collared shirt looks down. Next to him, a young man in white kurta and an orange shawl wears an orange cap and a red tilak. Beside him, a woman in white with an orange sash holds an open book. On the right, a woman in white with an orange sash stands with hand on hip. In the foreground are bamboo sticks, a brass finial and a tied bundle of bamboo. No visible candidate for a person is present.

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Indoor photo of a small room with a concrete floor and peeling walls. Three people stand around a wooden table on which a long metal rod is upright, with white cloth and a red bundle nearby. A woman on the left with long curly hair wears white clothes and a rudraksha mala and stands with arms folded. A young man in the centre wears white dhoti-style clothing, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead. A woman on the right in white with an orange shawl points toward the rod. A cloth-clad figure stands in the doorway behind them, and a small white fan and bamboo poles lie along the wall. The setting suggests a hands-on practical lesson in preparing a traditional drum-related implement.2007-05-09Indoors in a dim stone cave-like room with a coloured bunting strung overhead, a group of young sannyasis in white kurtas and saffron-orange shawls work on a bamboo frame. A young man in front wears a rudraksha mala and a red bindi, and holds a bamboo pole with an ornate golden finial wrapped in red cloth and tied with twine. A man in a white shirt reaches in to guide the frame, while a woman in white with an orange shawl and glasses and another man in an orange cap look on. Bamboo sticks lie across the scene as they tie the frame together. A small purple emblem appears at the top left corner. The activity is learning the traditional tying of a kattumurthy frame.2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09Photograph of a group of men and women in white and orange clothing standing indoors near a whitewashed wall. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands beside another man in white kurta with an orange shawl, both looking downward while holding long pale wooden sticks. A gold-coloured ceremonial object is visible at the lower right. Behind them a man with an orange head cloth and orange shawl stands next to a woman in white with an orange sash, and a woman with glasses and orange shawl stands at the left edge. A small red bindi is visible on one man's forehead.2007-05-09A dim, crowded night scene at a ritual site, with a bright white fluorescent tube light on the right and wooden poles in the foreground. Women in the lower foreground wear orange shawls over white blouses; one in a magenta sari holds her palms together in prayer while a white cloth is spread before her. Standing devotees behind them wear white kurtas and orange stoles, and a man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and a white garment. A woman in a cream shawl at right holds a small notepad and has a child seated on her lap. Several more people stand in the background, and a figure at the far right holds papers. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in person.2006-12-112008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09February 14 20072007-02-14Photograph 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.2007-05-09May 13 20082008-05-13A photograph in a plain whitewashed hall with blue metal bunk beds and an open door at right. A figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top, orange wrap and a rudraksha-style mala, stands at left and rests a hand on the bare shoulder of an elderly bald man in a peach-coloured cloth and a beaded neck garland. Behind them stands another man in orange. At right a young man in a white kurta, white dhoti and orange shawl stands with folded arms. Cues for a person appearance are the long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and orange clothing of the figure at left, who appears to be the one giving blessing or healing. The image is an appearance-based candidate, so the a person value is unsure.2008-03-24February 14 20072007-02-14