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A photograph of a workshop setting where a man in a white shirt, seated in the lower left, wraps red cloth around a wooden staff with a metal finial while a woman in white with an orange shawl leans in to help. Behind them, several people in white kurtas with orange shawls and rudraksha malas stand watching, and a striped-shirt man and a grey-trousered person stand at right. A small electric fan sits at the bottom right beside a wall, and a bamboo pole lies across the staff. The scene shows people learning the traditional way of tying kattumurthy cloth around a staff, with no a person visibly present in the frame.

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Photograph of a group of sannyasis in white and orange shawls seated indoors on a floor mat, learning the traditional way of tying a kattumurthy with red cord. A young man in white clothes with a tilak on his forehead, a red-and-white cord in his hands, sits at center; a woman in white with a rudraksha mala and bangles holds a red cord beside him. A woman in an orange shawl sits in the foreground, and a foreigner in white with an orange sash stands in the background. Red cloth, cardboard boxes and a wooden plank lie on a worn plaster floor.2007-05-09Crowded indoor hall at a healing and blessing event. In the foreground, a devotee in white clothes bows forward with head lowered while a woman in an orange shawl places her hand on his head. Beside them, a young man in orange shawl holds a small white card or paper and a clasped hand gesture appears. Men in white kurtas and orange shawls stand around, with others in white behind them; a red curtain and a yellow hanging banner are visible at the back. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2008-03-28April 04 20082008-04-04A photograph inside a plain whitewashed room with a peeling wall and a hanging wire. A man in a white dhoti and an orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, stands centre-left with hands clasped, beside a man in a light blue shirt and a man in a checked shirt. At lower centre a person with long dark hair leans forward toward a garlanded wooden frame wrapped in red and yellow marigold garlands, bells and gold-coloured ornaments, touching it with one hand. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands at the left edge, and a person in orange clothing is at the right edge.2007-05-09March 23 20082008-03-23A photograph of people assembling a traditional Tamil percussion-related frame: a bamboo structure lashed with twine to a brass finial shaped like a carved head with a conical top, wrapped in red cloth. A man in a white kurta with an orange shawl works on the bamboo with his hands while a man in a white shirt and a woman with light hair stand beside him. A young man in profile at right looks on. The setting is a plain, pale-walled room with a bare bulb cord visible. Visible people are a monk-like man in orange and white, two standing participants, a woman, and an observer; no identity is asserted from appearance.2007-05-092003 -Glimpses From Various ProgramsIndoors 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.2007-05-092004-FIRST-HIMALAYAN-YATRA2004-FIRST-HIMALAYAN-YATRA2008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09March 23 20082008-03-23