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Photo of sannyasis at a workshop in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, learning to tie a kattumurthy, a decorated wooden frame draped in red cloth and wrapped with yellow and green marigold garlands and brass fittings. Two men in white shirts and orange shawls, one wearing a rudraksha mala, guide the work with their hands while a person with shoulder-length dark hair in a white top leans in to adjust the garlands. Other hands and a yellow cloth appear at the right edge, with a broom and tools against a plain whitewashed wall.

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A 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.2007-05-09July 16 20062006-07-16A photograph of a ceremonial moment before a large deity murti draped in garlands of yellow, purple and red flowers with green leaf strands. The murti is metallic with a crown and ornate jewellery, holding a trident, dressed in a red and gold sari. A man on the left, bare-shouldered with a cream turban and white dhoti, reaches up to touch or adjust the trident. On the right, another man in white clothes and glasses also holds the garland-decorated frame. The setting is an indoor hall with plain pale walls and a dark curtain.2010-10-16 +2 copiesJuly 16 20062006-07-16Photograph of a multi-armed deity murti, a decorated figure in pink and gold cloth, placed on a wooden platform and covered with a dense garland of yellow, red, green and white flowers arranged in a large arch behind it. Around it stand a man in a white shirt, a man in white with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, and a woman in white wearing an orange shawl on the right, all looking toward the murti in a plain concrete room with a metal pipe and doorway behind them. Three visible people, all standing, with the figures attending the murti.2007-05-092008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09Photo of a ritual procession at a temple courtyard under a corrugated metal roof with orange-painted walls. A large deity murti or image of a goddess is carried on a palanquin-style frame, heavily decorated with white jasmine garlands and red, magenta and orange flower strings, with a gold crown and blue and gold cloth. On the right, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange saffron robe, a white flower garland, and white ash markings on his bare arm. A bare-chested man in a red shawl with a green border stands at left, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands behind the image. Flower petals and turmeric powder scatter the floor, and onlookers stand in the background.2010-07-212008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09December 26 20152015-12-26November 24 20172017-11-24January 01 20082008-01-01January 03 20162016-01-03