Photograph of two wooden boxes on a table holding many narrow cream paper strips printed with mantras and small brown bull or deity illustrations. A folded white cloth lies behind the boxes, with a keyboard and office equipment at the left edge and a blue-striped surface at the top right. No people are visible in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of two wooden boxes on a table holding many narrow cream paper strips printed with mantras and small brown bull or deity illustrations. A folded white cloth lies behind the boxes, with a keyboard and office equipment at the left edge and a blue-striped surface at the top right. No people are visible in the scene.

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November 20 2016

Two wooden boxes hold stacks of small cream-coloured paper slips printed with Chandi Mantra text and a brown lion or tiger motif. The slips are arranged loosely in the front box and spill from the back box. A white cloth lies at the top left, and a set of keys with a red-button fob sits on a grey metal surface at right. No people are visible.

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October 11 2016

A photograph of a silver tray lined with an orange cloth holding a stack of printed cards with aged, parchment-style borders. Each card shows a small portrait of a bearded figure with a red and gold headdress and Tamil and Sanskrit text, including a Gayatri Mantra heading. Loose cards and papers are scattered on a green cloth at the left and bottom, with a red cloth at the top right. No physical people are visible.

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March 11 2017

Close photograph of wooden boxes holding stacks of thin copper plates engraved with yantra designs, geometric patterns with a central motif. Gold-coloured metal rods or pins sit in a box at the top of the frame. No people are visible; the scene is a display of ritual objects on a surface.