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A framed printed poster or chart on a wall, showing a diagram of a reclining human figure in red, with a line drawing of a temple gopuram tower and a shrine-like building above it. Captions and annotations in Tamil script fill the sheet, with a small picture in the top-left corner. The poster is hung in a plain room, and no people are visible.

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A painted educational chart titled in Tamil reading உடம்பே ஆலயம் (the body is a temple). It shows a reclining, bare-chested figure with a wrapped white waist cloth, labelled with Tamil anatomical terms for head, neck, chest, abdomen, centre and feet. Above, a line drawing compares the body to a temple complex: sanctum, antarala, ardha mandapa, maha mandapa, kodimaram flagstaff with a lion-like guardian, balipeetha, and a raja gopuram. A gilded ornate frame edge appears at the right. No physical people are present; the figure is a painted depiction.2012-05-24Nithya DhyaanA photograph of the entrance to a temple with a tiled, ornate gopuram-style roof and carved stone pillars on its facade. A tall white metal gate with four panels, each with a decorative round medallion, closes the compound. Above the gate is a blue-and-white lettered name board. To the left a red-and-white painted wall carries a poster showing a smiling man in a dark jacket beside printed Tamil and English text. Trees and a dirt road are in the foreground. No people are visible.2009-08-31A scanned archival page with two photographs stacked vertically, each with handwritten or typed captions beneath. The upper photo shows a stone ledge with several seated or standing deity murtis and a few small figures, including a row of Shiva lingam-like forms. The lower photo shows a stone platform with a central deity murti and a seated figure, with a hanging lamp above. Captions list shrine and temple locations. No clearly identifiable a person appearance is visible.A dirt-road temple compound in a rural Tamil Nadu setting. On the left, a decorated wooden ratha chariot carries carved deity figures and small framed portraits attached to its sides. An elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks past holding a green plastic bottle. To the right, a small blue shrine with a pillared canopy and gold-tipped finial houses a seated Ganesha figure garlanded with flowers. Behind them stands a tall white chimney beside a corrugated-roof shed and a white van, with trees and open land beyond.2006-10-19December 20 20112011-12-20Two framed printed portraits hang on a plain wall. The left frame shows a seated figure with long hair and a bare upper body wearing a saffron cloth and rudraksha malas, with a bowl or vessel before him. The right frame shows a seated figure in ornate saffron and gold clothing with a crown-like headdress, flanked by a small stand with a lamp, under a wall-mounted printed image. Both frames carry printed Tamil captions beneath the pictures. No physical people are present; the figures are printed depictions.2012-05-16Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa SarvajnapeethamA scanned handwritten manuscript page with red and black ink on a pale paper background. Line drawings of hand mudras appear in the lower half, showing cupped and folded hand positions with small labels beside each. Handwritten Tamil text is written in red across the top and between the drawings, with dark ink headings at the top. The page appears to be a childhood puja manual with instructional sketches. No physical people are shown.September 20 20072007-09-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a group standing outdoors on a temple ground beside a carved stone structure with ornate relief sculpture. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe with a bare upper body and a light shawl stands among several people. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands to the right, and a man in a green turban stands behind. Other people in light clothing are gathered nearby, with a gopuram-style temple tower visible in the background across an open paved courtyard.2012-05-22Photo 11741888