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A stage event before a gold-framed shrine with a deity murti in a jewelled crown and red-and-gold garments. A man in white dhoti and saffron-trimmed white shirt with a long rudraksha mala holds open a picture book showing monkeys in a tree, beside a woman in white sari and dark shawl with a black shoulder bag. Two children in orange robes with black blindfolds sit cross-legged on a patterned carpet, hands joined, and a boy in a white kurta and a boy in a red t-shirt stand nearby with other children watching. Statues of figures in ornate attire stand behind. Two children in orange robes, blindfolded, are seated in the centre.

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A photograph of a man in white clothes with long brown rudraksha malas around his neck and shoulders, holding open a children's picture book with a green leafy illustration of a fox and a monkey. Beside him a woman in white with a brown rudraksha mala points at the page, and a child's hand touches the book from below. Behind them stand ornately dressed deity murti figures with gold crowns, jeweled headdresses and red and gold garments in front of a gilded arch.2014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24A photo taken indoors at a temple-style hall in front of a golden deity murti wearing a red-and-gold garment and a dense bead necklace. A smiling woman in white with a dark rudraksha-style mala stands at left, holding an open picture book toward a young girl in a yellow and blue outfit whose eyes are covered by a black blindfold with a white patch. A second blindfolded child in a green-striped top holds a pointer toward the book. A boy in white stands behind them, and a bare-chested man with beaded necklaces sits at right, watching. A small bright-clothed figure stands at the far right edge.2014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24A stage event in front of a red curtain and a green-lit backdrop of leaves. A man on the left wears white dhoti-style clothing with gold borders, a rudraksha mala with red-brown beads, and gold armbands, and he extends his arm toward a brown cardboard sheet held by a person in white with a red shawl. Three children stand in a row wearing black blindfolds, white kurta-style clothes, red shawls and orange lanyards. Another man in white with a red shawl stands with his back to the camera at a microphone, and a man in white with an orange lanyard stands at the right edge. Behind them is a golden throne-like seat with a large painted deity image above, and a framed portrait on a golden pedestal depicting a seated figure in red and orange garlands.2016-04-04A group of children and young adults sit cross-legged on a floor in a bright, ornate hall with a large gilded backdrop and a brass lamp behind them. A bald man in white kurta with an orange lanyard smiles and leans in beside a seated boy. A woman in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala gestures toward a blindfolded boy in white and orange shawl who holds papers. Boys wear orange shawls, orange lanyards and tilak marks on their foreheads. A red cushioned seat sits at the right. The scene suggests a gurukul-style teaching session.2015-05-16