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A line of many young children in colourful traditional costumes stands along a whitewashed building with blue railings and a concrete pathway. Most wear golden crowns with peaks, gold armlets and waist sashes, and hold small wooden sticks or swords. Costumes include orange, yellow, purple, green and pink dhotis and saris. A standing man in a white shirt and an adult in a red-orange sari appear at the left and right edges. The scene looks like a children's performance or procession line at a centre.

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A long line of young children, mostly boys, stand barefoot along a paved path in front of a white building with a blue metal railing and a decorative perforated brick wall. They wear costumes in orange, white, red, blue and green, with gold crowns, bare chests, dhoti-style cloths, gold waist belts and bead necklaces. Several hold small wooden sticks or staffs, and one child at center wears a green garland. The line of children appears to be a children's costume procession or group photo. No a person candidate is visible.2009 - Vadacheri Arni Center Activities2009 - Vadacheri Arni Center ActivitiesA street procession of many children in traditional costume walks down a paved village lane between pastel-painted houses. Front children wear golden crowns with round jewelled medallions, white dhotis, bare chests with beaded necklaces, and green or purple garlands; some carry small golden staffs. Women in colourful saris line the roadside, one in blue, another in red and yellow, watching the procession. No adult in the procession is clearly identifiable as a person; the scene shows children in a ceremonial parade.A large group of young children in a school courtyard in front of a blue two-storey building with a yellow banner reading Nithyananda Vidyalaya. The children wear golden crowns and headpieces, bare-chested with white and gold necklaces, and orange, red and yellow lower garments; several hold small wooden sticks. Adult women in saris and a man in white shirt and white dhoti stand behind and at the sides. A left wall poster shows smiling children. No individual adult clearly matches the a person candidate cues.Night photograph of a crowd of devotees gathered on a dirt path beside a stone wall and bamboo stalks. In the foreground, many young boys and teens wear saffron-orange dhoti-style cloths with gold borders, rudraksha mala necklaces and white forehead markings. Several adults in white shirts stand among them, and a boy in a white embroidered kurta stands centrally. Three embroidered ceremonial banners on tall poles with tasselled fringe, and a decorated umbrella canopy at upper right, suggest a procession. Some onlookers wear red and brown shirts. Approximately 40 people are visible.2016-03-022009 - Vadacheri Arni Center ActivitiesAugust 10 20122012-08-10August 17 20142014-08-17 +1 copiesA group of young performers in costume posing for a photograph under a corrugated roof with a light wall behind them. They wear elaborate gold crowns and jewellery, and many wave with open palms. On the left a young boy in a gold crown and orange-yellow dhoti kneels with palms joined; the standing girls wear red, purple, blue and orange saris and layered garlands. Two boys seated in front wear saffron-orange dhotis, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and hold thin wooden staffs. Their costumes suggest a mythological dance or drama presentation. A , , which is excluded from text2012-04-01A cultural performance on a raised red-draped stage in a hall, with a yellow and orange valance and blue backdrop. Performers in traditional costume stand in a line: women in orange, green, blue and pink saris, men in white dhoti-style garments, and a child in a gold crown and blue-and-gold outfit at centre. A tall striped decorative pillar rises at the top right of the stage. Audience members, mostly children and women in saris and salwar, sit on mats on the floor in the foreground. A framed portrait hangs on the left wall. A sound mixer and speakers are visible at the stage edge.2012-10-24A large group photograph of children and teenagers posed on a stage in a decorated hall with balloon flower decorations on a grey backdrop. Centre, a young person in white stands before a large semicircular floral arch of pink, yellow and white flowers with a green top. Many children wear white, saffron, orange and red costumes, some with crowns, headbands, garlands and rudraksha-style beads. A child in a white dhoti holds a kalasha-like ornament, and one in a tiger-striped costume sits at the front right. A deity murti with flower garlands stands at the left edge. Some children press palms together in greeting. Many are seated on white cloth, and a few wear red lanyards.2010-12-21