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December 12 20072007-12-12January 17 20082008-01-17A group of young people in saffron and orange robes with gold borders stand in a row on a stage before a painted backdrop of forest trees and seated sages with white beards. Most wear rudraksha mala necklaces, forehead markings, and beaded armbands. The leftmost figure wears a white dhoti and white shawl with gold trim. At the far right edge, a golden trident stands beside the backdrop.2016-07-31A photograph in a narrow stone corridor lined with long wooden panels painted in red, green and yellow with rows of figures. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a floral headband, a large beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant, walks forward and gestures toward the panels. Behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a chain, and a shaved-headed man in orange follow along. Fluorescent lights hang overhead.2012-05-07 +2 copiesAugust 09 20102010-08-09July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesFour young people stand on a stage before maroon curtains and a small window, with a conch-shaped ornament at the left edge. Two figures on the left wear red dhotis and red shawls with gold-coloured chain necklaces and bead malas, hands pressed together in anjali. A younger figure in a red dress and gold necklaces kneels in front, smiling. On the right, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders and a rudraksha mala holds a microphone, hands in namaste, while a bare-chested companion in a rudraksha mala holds a lapel badge. Faint white markings adorn several faces and arms.2017-06-17September 10 20112011-09-10A photograph of a wall in a room with a white-painted ceiling of wooden planks, hung with several painted portraits of bearded ascetic sages. On the left, a sage sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform with a mala beaded necklace and gold chain. The central portrait shows a bearded sage with a tall topknot, halo, rudraksha beads, a white sacred thread, orange lower garment and a palm raised in blessing while holding a book. On the far right, a sage with a halo sits astride a tiger in a mountain landscape, holding a golden object. Below the portraits in a small arch niche, a framed screen-like picture shows a man in red with raised hand beside a deity murti. Other small framed images hang nearby, and a partly visible person's head appears at the lower right edge.2012-05-24July 29 20082008-07-29A painted temple wall mural in a painted panel with a yellow and blue border showing a row of Vaishnava saints and deities. Center-left, a blue-skinned deity with a white Vishnu-style tilak stands beneath a golden arch, flanked by consorts in green and red saris. To the right, a seated blue-skinned figure under a tree sits on a throne with striped white and green garlands, while bare-chested, shaven-headed devotees in white dhotis stand with palms joined. On the far right, a figure in a tall feathered headdress holds a staff. Above, a reclining deity rests in the tree branches. Tamil captions run along the bottom of the panel. The painting is a mural with no physical people present.2008-07-29 +1 copiesFour people stand with palms pressed together in namaskar on a stage before a large painted backdrop of a golden deity figure and a tree. The man on the left wears white dhoti with gold borders, a brown rudraksha mala, and a tilak on his forehead. Two boys in white dhotis with gold borders stand beside him, one with a red and white garland. The boy on the far right wears an orange-and-gold dhoti and a rudraksha mala, with a white tilak. A red throne with gold trim and a brass lamp stand behind them, with a garland draped over the lamp.2015-07-26 +1 copies