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A photograph taken indoors at a hall with a wooden stage. In the foreground a young girl in a lavender top with a long rudraksha-style bead mala and a pendant stands looking down at a folded yellow garment that a hand is holding out to her. Behind her a boy in a white shirt with a floral print and a visitor-style lanyard holds the yellow cloth, and a small white note with handwritten words is tucked into the bundle. Both children have small blue-and-white dove marks painted on their cheeks. On the stage behind them, a seated figure in white draped clothing sits beside gold-trimmed furniture, and a few other seated people in white appear at the left edge. A hand in the lower right is passing the bundle over.

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Indoor photo at a temple hall. In the foreground a young boy in a mauve top and a rudraksha mala stands at left, looking down at a yellow bag held by an older boy in a white shirt with a floral-print jacket and an ID badge. A blue-and-white mark is on each boy's cheek. A hand from the right passes a white paper with handwritten text over the yellow fabric. Behind them a seated person in white sits near an ornate gold-trimmed altar with a decorated seat. Two or three other people are partly visible at the left edge.1999-01-01Two young boys stand in a temple hall with red-painted walls and a dark floor. The boy in front wears a white collared shirt, a dark beaded mala around his neck, and a blue and white bird-shaped mark painted on his cheek, his eyes lowered in concentration. Behind him, a second boy in a grey shirt with orange and green pattern and a red bead mala holds a corner of a yellow cloth bag. 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On the right an older woman with glasses, a white and blue-bordered sari and a long rudraksha mala hands over a yellow folded cloth from a table. Another person in white clothing stands at the right edge, and a figure in orange and white clothes appears in the upper background. Red curtains and a stage are visible behind.2007-05-04A photo taken at an indoor hall event with a red curtain behind. A young boy in a pale yellow kurta with a blue dove face-paint mark on his cheek stands at left, reaching toward a table stacked with folded yellow garments. Two older women stand at centre and right: one in an orange shawl with a beaded necklace and glasses, passing a clear plastic-wrapped white bundle; the other in a white sari with blue border, rudraksha-style beads and glasses, extending her hands to receive or hand over the bundle. A partially visible woman in white stands at far right. A small orange-and-white card sits on the table. The setting suggests a ceremonial distribution of clothing.2007-05-04 +1 copies2007-LITTLE-ANANDHAS1999-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor event where a woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala and red bindi hands a yellow cloth bundle to a boy in a white checked shirt, while a younger boy with a blue face marking stands beside him. Behind them an older woman in an orange-bordered white sari and glasses looks on. A red curtain and a gilded altar with a deity murti are visible in the background.2007-05-04A photograph of a children's event on a stage with dark red curtains. A young boy in a beige kurta with rudraksha mala and a blue face-paint mark on his cheek smiles as he receives a folded white garment with printed red and black imagery from an older woman in a white sari with blue border, red bindi, rudraksha mala and a pendant. Beside her, a woman in an orange shawl and white garment with a mala stands behind the table, and another older woman in white with blue trim stands at the right edge. Yellow cloth lies on the table.2007-05-04 +1 copiesA photo taken at an indoor event in a hall with a dark red curtain backdrop and a whiteboard on the right wall. A young boy with short dark hair, a blue crescent face paint mark on his cheek, and a grey patterned shirt over a white t-shirt holds a small white card or envelope. An elderly woman with grey hair, glasses, an orange shawl over a white sari, and beaded necklaces stands behind a table. A woman in a white sari with a blue border, glasses, grey hair in a bun and a beaded rudraksha-style mala hands a yellow cloth-wrapped bundle across the table to the boy.2007-05-04A large hall with a concrete floor, where many children sit in rows on the ground, most holding yellow tote bags and some with white-and-orange caps and faint face markings. Behind them, older figures in white clothing sit on white plastic chairs near the back, and multicoloured balloons, red and orange streamers and hanging decorations line the ceiling. On the back wall are large framed portraits of a woman in a saree and a bearded man with long hair, and a few people stand near the far side. A stand of papers and bags lies in the foreground beside a boy in a brown shirt and beige trousers wearing a rudraksha-style necklace.2007-05-04A young boy with short dark hair stands on a dark stage floor holding a folded yellow fabric garment over his arm. He wears a white shirt with black striped and printed patterns and has a small blue and white bird emblem painted on his cheek. Behind him, a raised dais with a red edge and a golden ornate seat or throne holds a figure in white draped clothing near a small brass lamp on a stand, with a dark curtain at left. Another yellow fabric bundle and a white folded cloth lie at the lower right edge of the frame.1999-01-012007-LITTLE-ANANDHAS1999-01-01 +1 copies