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A school wall shelf displays three framed portraits, each decorated with a fresh flower garland. The left portrait is a black-and-white photograph of an older man with glasses, wearing a white dhoti and shawl. The centre is a sepia-toned painted portrait of a seated figure in a dark jacket and cap against a classical column backdrop. The right portrait is a colour print of a man with glasses and a sacred forehead mark, wearing a white dhoti and shawl. Below the frames is a green and white wooden board with Tamil text reading Ozhukkam Kalvi Thondu, marking the school's motto.

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February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Year 1982-1986 Sri Kanniga Parameshwari SchoolYear 1982-1986 Sri Kanniga Parameshwari SchoolThree framed black-and-white portraits hang on a white-plastered wall under a covered veranda with a green painted bracket and bamboo trees beyond the open arches. The left portrait shows a seated man in white robes with a white turban, hands folded. The centre portrait shows a bare-chested seated man in meditation posture with a white cloth draped over his shoulder, hands clasped. The right portrait shows a smaller seated figure in a dark, veiled garment. Each frame has a wooden border with red and gold ornamental decoration. No living people are visible in the scene.2008-06-09November 01 20062006-11-01Interior wall of a small room with a framed triptych print of three seated saints on a red-bordered frame. The left figure wears a saffron-orange robe and turban; the centre figure is bare-chested with a white cloth draped over one shoulder, seated cross-legged; the right figure has long dark hair and wears a white shawl, hands folded. Below is a recessed niche holding a folded cloth bundle. A smaller framed portrait of an elderly bearded man hangs at lower left and a framed photo of a smiling woman in white at lower right. Two silver-framed deity images hang higher on the wall at upper right.1995-01-01A framed portrait hangs on a wall, showing a man in a white kurta with a white shawl bordered in orange-gold stripes, round wire-rimmed spectacles, a thick moustache and a vertical tilak on his forehead, against a grey-blue backdrop. A printed caption beneath the portrait reads "N. Shanmuga Mudaliar, Trustee". The portrait is a depiction on paper, so no physical people are present.2017-02-06A framed photographic portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and a white beard, wearing white clothing, hung on a wall. A garland of red, pink, white and gold flowers with beads drapes across the frame. Two decorative blue and gold peacock ornaments flank the portrait sides, and a small white light fixture hangs above it. A Tamil caption printed in red script runs along the bottom of the frame, attributing the portrait to a named saint. No physical people are present in the scene.2012-05-11February 06 20172017-02-06Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa SarvajnapeethamThree framed portraits hang on a whitewashed wall, decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands. The central, largest framed portrait is a sepia-toned oval photograph of a long-haired, bearded man in a yellow shawl with a beaded necklace, with a handwritten caption beneath. To the left, a black-and-white photograph shows a seated ascetic in a light wrap with a staff. To the right, a small sepia portrait shows a bare-chested man seated in meditation posture. No physical people are present; all figures are printed portraits.2006-10-16