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A photograph of many children seated on a concrete floor at a Little Anandas program, working on craft projects made from newspaper and magazine clippings. Scattered newspapers, cut-out pictures, glue and cardboard boards cover the floor. Several children wear white shirts with orange sashes or orange-trimmed clothing, one girl in an orange and yellow outfit with an identification badge, and a boy in a navy shirt and khaki shorts is prominent in the foreground. Others wear pink, blue and red clothing. A standing child in a green shirt stands at the left edge. The scene is a hall with a dim, plain interior.

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Indoor hall with a bare concrete floor where many children and several adults sit on the floor crafting with newspaper and cardboard. Sheets of printed newspaper and flat brown cardboard boards are spread across the ground, with small piles of white paste or rice-like material and scattered colourful cutouts. A boy in an orange shirt leans over a board in the foreground, a girl in a pink patterned top and red skirt with a name badge kneels nearby, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border works beside children. Stacked white plastic chairs line the back wall under hanging banners, and a few adults in white and saffron-coloured clothing move about the room.2008-05-15Photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor doing craft work with newspapers, cardboard sheets and scattered paper pieces. A boy in a striped polo and jeans on the left shields his eyes, a girl in a dark top reads an open newspaper, and a girl in an orange top and black skirt cuts paper. Other children in white tops and a yellow outfit work nearby among torn newspaper pages, glue, and cut-out photos.2008-05-15A photograph of children and young women seated on a concrete floor, working on craft projects amid scattered newspaper pages. Brown cardboard sheets are laid out, some decorated with rice grains and paper strips. A girl in a white top and red skirt with blue trim works at left, a young woman in an orange and pink sari sits at upper right, and a young woman in a patterned salwar kameez works at lower right. Boys in white shirts sit in the foreground, one gluing or threading strips on cardboard. No a person candidate is visible.2008-05-15A photograph of a large hall with a light-coloured floor where many children are seated on the ground working on craft activities, pasting and arranging paper cut-outs and printed pictures on cardboard sheets. Newspaper and magazine pages are scattered across the floor. Several children wear white kurtas or white t-shirts, others wear orange, yellow and blue clothing. Two adults stand in the room: one in a white shirt with a white mala-style necklace, and one woman in an orange shawl over white clothing. White plastic chairs line the walls beneath hanging decorative banners and bamboo blinds.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor covered with newspaper, making craft collages on brown cardboard squares. In the foreground a boy in a white shirt and blue trousers gestures with his hand while others work nearby: a boy in an orange shirt with a name badge arranges rice grains, a girl in a mustard top and cream trousers presses materials down, and a girl in a red top and black skirt works beside a girl in a white top with blue paisley-patterned skirt. The cardboard boards hold scattered rice, sticks, beads and cut-out pictures. A white cup sits on the newspaper. Several other children are partly visible at the edges.2008-05-15Children and young adults sit cross-legged on a bare concrete floor in a hall, working on craft projects made from newspaper and cardboard. Many use paper pieces and glue or thread while scattered newspapers, brown cardboard sheets and loose paper cover the floor. An adult in a pink shirt kneels at left, a young man in white shirt works at lower right, and a girl in braids sits in the foreground. Several women in orange and blue saris sit at the back, and a standing person in white clothing stands near the top. Wooden lattice windows and white plastic chairs stand along the back wall.2008-05-15Photo of children and a few adults seated on a bare floor in a hall doing craft work with newspaper, cardboard and white rice or grain. A boy in a pink t-shirt in the foreground holds up a brown cardboard board decorated with white grains; a girl in a blue top sits at right, and a woman in a white sari with yellow border sits at left. Behind them on a raised platform stands an orange-robed figure with a rudraksha mala, beside a bronze deity murti, under a large backdrop photo of a banyan tree and a kalasha-like brass lamp. Rows of white plastic chairs line the right wall.2008-05-15A large hall with a polished concrete floor where thirty or more children sit and kneel on newspapers, making craft pieces on cardboard backing. Many are gluing small grains, seeds or beads and arranging them into patterns. Several girls wear orange and salmon salwar kameez, and a boy in a dark shirt works in the center. A standing adult in white clothes, with a clipboard, supervises the room. Stacks of newspaper and loose craft pieces cover the floor, and white plastic chairs and a red-draped table are visible at the back.2008-05-15A photograph of children and young women seated cross-legged on a bare concrete floor, working on craft projects with newspaper, cardboard sheets, paper strips, scissors and small white pieces of material scattered around them. The woman at left wears a cream top, red-and-blue skirt and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and holds a thin stick. A girl in a red floral dress with a white pinafore sits centre-left, concentrating on her work. A young woman in an orange and pink sari reads a newspaper spread on the floor at right. Other children in orange, teal and white clothing work in the background, and a boy in white sits in the foreground.2008-05-15Children sit on the floor of a hall working on craft projects on cardboard sheets, with newspaper and scattered white paper scraps around them. Five children are visible: a girl in a teal top and lavender pants on the left, a girl in a patterned top and black trousers behind her, a girl in a white floral dress with a beaded necklace in the center-right, a child in a peach top and orange skirt on the right, and a boy in a white t-shirt in the foreground. Small craft models are being assembled on cardboard bases. A striped woven mat covers the floor behind them.2008-05-15A photograph of a large hall where thirty-odd children, mostly girls and a few boys, sit in loose rows on a purple mat, many in white t-shirts, some reading booklets or drawing on white paper. Several women in white saris and a woman in a light blue sari stand or walk among them near a raised stage with a gold-trimmed chair, a small deity murti and a purple drape. A framed portrait of a bearded man in white turban and robes hangs on the wall at upper right, labelled with a caption that reads 'Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam'. Colourful wall panels in red, blue, yellow and green frame the room.2006-05-07Several boys sit cross-legged on a bare concrete floor in a hall, cutting and arranging magazine pictures on large white sheets of paper. The boy in front wears a white-and-grey striped shirt and grey trousers, and reads an open magazine. The central boy wears a white t-shirt and a purple cap with a yellow brim, pressing a cut-out photo onto the paper. Beside them a boy in a light blue shirt and a boy in a grey striped shirt hold yellow and white printed pages. Scattered on the floor are watercolour paints in a tray, a small white bowl of water, blue pigment pieces, scissors and newspaper. Pictures of landscapes, temples and a red-and-gold scene are visible.2006-05-07