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December 19 2022

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A three-panel collage captioned "Kailasa Tiruvannamalai - offering Gurumudi to SPH On the auspicious occasion of Jayanti" with timestamps 18/12/2022. The large left panel is a photo outside a red-walled gate with a green gate, where a group of about six men and women in white dhotis and saris with gold borders and marigold garlands carry a red ceremonial umbrella, a red flag and plates. One man holds up a large cardboard cutout of a bearded, turbaned figure. The upper-right panel shows people seated on striped mats in a hall, some in white with folded hands, with brass plates. The lower-right panel shows brass thalis holding white cloth, turmeric, kumkum, dried coconut pieces, flowers and small brass vessels on a striped mat. The collage pictures the offering activity, and the cutout is a depiction.2022-12-19A collage of two photographs captioned about Kailasa Tiruvannamalai doing Giri Valam (circumambulation of Arunachala) for the Jayanti of SPH. Left panel: a standing cutout portrait of a smiling man in a saffron-red turban and ornate gold and beaded necklaces, garlanded with yellow and magenta flowers, held up by a bearded man in white dhoti and shawl with a garland, beside a woman in a cream sari with a red shawl holding a brass plate of offerings and a man in white shirt and checked lungi offering a flower. Right panel: a temple gateway with a red and gold umbrella, a red banner, and devotees in white dhotis and saris walking, one carrying a garlanded portrait cutout. Stamped time 18-Dec-2022 9:13:10 am.2022-12-19October 26 20112011-10-26 +1 copiesDecember 18 20112011-12-18Photo 11683843 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17Four men stand side by side in a bright, plainly furnished room with cream walls and a pale tiled floor, all barefoot. Each wears white dhoti with gold borders and bare upper body, with white sacred ash marks on the forehead and rudraksha malas. On the left, a large cardboard cutout of a smiling figure in a red and gold crown and red-and-orange shawl is draped with red, yellow and green flower garlands; he stands next to a bearded man in a rudraksha mala. Two men hold small deity murti with flower garlands: one holds a dark metal figure with purple and yellow flowers, the other holds a green-shawled figure in pink and white flowers. A third man holds a red cloth tray with a gold ornament and flower garland. Four physical people are visible, and the scene shows a ritual presentation of murtis and offerings.2025-02-16December 25 20082008-12-25December 15 20112011-12-15April 23 20132013-04-23April 21 20132013-04-21A photograph of a temple shrine during a puja. A man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti, bends forward and places his hands on a small white statue wearing an orange robe and white garland at the front of a raised platform. Behind it stand larger deity murtis of a seated figure in a red turban and a female figure in green, adorned with gold necklaces and garlands of yellow and red flowers. To the left, a man in orange robes holds a brass puja plate with a lamp, and another orange-clad figure stands at the edge. A small ornate throne-like seat with a shrine is visible at right, and a brass oil lamp rests on the floor in the lower foreground.