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A close view of a white building wall beneath an orange clay-tiled roof, showing two rectangular signboards. The upper board is yellow with black Tamil and English lettering reading Muthulaxmi Spinning Mills (P) Ltd., Thailakulam, Srivilliputtur. The lower board is dark blue with white and blue lettering reading We Grow With State Bank of India, Commercial Branch, Rajapalayam, bearing the SBI logo. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible; the scene is a building facade with business signage, with a date stamp in orange in the lower right.

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A photograph taken outdoors beside a white wall carrying two signs: a yellow sign reading MUTHULAXMI SPINNING MILLS (P) LTD. in English and Tamil, and a dark blue sign reading WE GROW WITH STATE BANK OF INDIA COMMERCIAL BRANCH RAJAPALAYAM. In the foreground a man in white shirt and light trousers faces away from the camera and holds a white cloth. At right a man in a white shirt and white dhoti carries a metal tray of fruit, a coconut and white flower garlands. Two men in white shirts stand behind at right near a grille door. The ground is dirt and concrete, with a blue water pipe at left.2006-10-24October 24 20062006-10-24October 24 20062006-10-24A roadside scene outside a white-walled compound with an orange-tiled gatehouse and a wrought-iron gate. Several men stand on a dusty road in white shirts and dhotis or trousers. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands with palms pressed together in respectful greeting. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and green lungi holds a white flag with a blue stripe aloft on a pole. Another man in a white shirt holds up a small object near the centre, and a man in a grey shirt and dhoti stands at left with hands folded. A man in a light shirt and dhoti stands near the gate, and a uniformed guard stands by the gatepost. Signboards on the wall read Muthulakshmi Spinning Mills (P) Ltd and State Bank of India Commercial Branch Rajapalayam. Dirt mounds and young plants lie beside the wall.2006-10-24A photograph of a painted shop signboard on a pale wall, with a blue-bordered panel reading in Tamil and English 'Rasathe Garments'. A small logo at upper left shows a red R on a dark bat-winged shield with the tagline 'Reliability & Satisfaction'. The lettering is bold dark blue on white, and a red date stamp appears at lower right. No people are visible.2006-10-23A photograph of a concrete bus shelter's roof edge in the foreground, with dense green leafy trees surrounding it. A pale, weathered building tower with a latticed window rises behind the foliage under an overcast sky. No people are visible. A white stone plaque along the shelter reads a maintenance and donor credit, with a date stamp in red digits in the lower right corner.2006-10-25Outdoor street scene on a dirt roadside beside a white compound wall with a sign reading Mithilaji Spinning Mills and a blue State Bank of India Commercial Branch Rasipalayam sign. Several men in plain white shirts and dhotis or trousers stand with palms pressed together in anjali, some in devotional posture during a procession. A man in a white shirt and green lungi holds a white flag with a blue emblem. A bare-chested man in an orange shawl bends at lower right holding an object. A man in a white shirt with a vibhuti-marked forehead stands center. Bystanders in the background include an elderly man in white dhoti.2006-10-24October 23 20062006-10-23January 06 20122012-01-06A painted wall sign for Rasathe Garments, shown in English and Tamil script with a small bat-and-shield logo at upper left and the tagline 'Reliability & Satisfaction'. Below the signage, the lines read '[Idhayam Group]' and an address at 104 SIDCO Hosiery Industrial Estate, Uranganpatti, Madurai-625 020. The wall is pale grey-white with weathering and a blue border, and there are no people visible. A date stamp at lower right reads 23 10 2006 with an archive copyright notice.2006-10-23A photograph of an outdoor street signboard mounted on a concrete wall and post, painted in the Indian tricolour bands of saffron orange, white and green with a navy Ashoka chakra wheel at centre. Above the wheel, Tamil text in orange band reads a heading, and beneath it lines of Tamil text and a green lower panel list multiple names in Tamil script. Utility cables run overhead against a blue sky, and a plain whitewashed building and a palm frond sit at the edge. No people are visible.2007-03-03January 04 20122012-01-04