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Photograph 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.

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Indoors 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.2007-05-09Photograph 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.2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09A photograph inside a temple-like hall with white walls and a banana-leaf canopy decorated with hanging leaves. In the centre, a long-haired figure in a peach shawl over an orange dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, receives a silver tray from a man in white shirt and white dhoti. Around them, saffron-robed attendants in orange cloth hold tall silver and gold staffs, and a figure in cream robes with an orange shawl stands at right holding a silver staff. Several young men in white and green shirts stand nearby. The a person candidate is the central figure in the peach shawl and orange dhoti with rudraksha mala, a presentation consistent with the page's reference, though the appearance is only partially distinctive.2008-01-01October 31 20102010-10-31 +2 copies2008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09October 09 20062006-10-09Photograph 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.2007-05-09Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at a stone construction site under a tarpaulin canopy. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl carries a large brass kalasha-style vessel with a tiered pyramidal finial, draped in orange cloth. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a lit brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) with a flame, while a tall man with long dark hair and an orange robe stands at left, with a red bindi on his forehead. Stone blocks are stacked nearby, and a small fire or charcoal pile sits on a stone platform. Two onlookers in casual shirts stand at right in the background.2006-12-10Photograph of a ceremonial lamp lighting at a thatched-roof pavilion with a white-washed wall and bunting strung across the top. An elderly man in dark sunglasses and orange robes lights a large brass oil lamp decorated with pink and white flower garlands, its peacock-head stand visible at top. Beside him a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and an orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a tilak on his forehead, stands with hands folded. Two more men stand at left in orange and yellow robes, one wearing glasses, and a figure in pink is partly visible. A framed portrait sits at right, with a printed caption reading 'Nithyananda Vidyalaya' in the lower right corner.October 01 20062006-10-012004 - sacred collections uncategorised