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Outdoor photo of a ritual at a shrine under a large shady tree. A man on the left wears a long orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair, and holds a ritual implement toward the shrine. Behind him a man in white holds a bell-shaped vessel and a long rod, and a seated person in white and orange sits near the shrine. Five or six devotees in white and light clothing stand with palms pressed together in prayer. At the centre, a dark stone deity murti with a garland and orange cloth stands within a stone-built platform. A black-and-white patterned serpent figure coils around the base of a lingam decorated with orange cloth, marigold garlands and offerings.

2004-12-31 $A photograph outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. An elderly man in orange robes and an orange head wrap bends forward to touch a cobra-hooded serpent sculpture on a red-painted stone base, offering flowers. Beside him, a woman in orange robes stands with hands folded, and a man in white and a man in orange stand at left with palms pressed together. A silver puja tray with small vessels and a green cloth sits on the ground in front. Behind them stands a large dark deity murti in orange cloth with garlands and a crescent-shaped gold necklace. The ground is sandy and sunlit.$ 2006-11-21

Outdoor photo at a shaded grove near a large banyan tree, showing a rock-piled mound shrine with a Shiva lingam-like stone at the top. A figure in orange robes and an orange head wrap bends forward at the mound, offering or placing items on a tray; another figure in orange sits or stands beside the lingam, holding flowers. Around them, four or five men in white dhotis and kurtas stand and watch, with one bearded man bending forward near the base. A garland of marigold-yellow flowers and green leaves hangs on the mound's edge, with pink blossoms and an orange cloth on the ground. Bright sunlight and dry earth surround the scene.

2003-07-13 $Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. At right, a dark stone statue of a seated deity or sage wearing a saffron cloth and garlands sits atop a red-painted rock base beside a carved stone arch. A small seated figure with a cobra-hood motif sits on the rock base in front, adorned with a yellow flower garland. Four people stand on a light blue cloth in the foreground: an older man with grey hair and a saffron wrap on the left, a bald man in saffron robes, a man in white, and a long-haired person in a saffron wrap with bare back facing the statue. Brass vessels and a small tray of offerings sit on the cloth.$ 2006-11-21

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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. At center, a dark stone deity murti seated on a black base is draped in orange cloth and garlanded with marigolds. In front, a large mound of orange-red sindoor-coated stones or lingams is set in a black snake-shaped border with a black serpent head. Four people stand at left in front of the shrine: a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, two men in white dhotis with folded hands, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border touching her forehead in prayer. A fifth person in an orange cloth stands at the right with folded hands. White pillars and a red-framed stand stand at the side. The scene reads as a shrine worship and puja at a tree-shaded temple site.

2010-10-28

Outdoor temple scene under a large leafy tree beside a white-and-red decorated shrine containing an elephant-headed deity murti draped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in rust-brown dhoti with orange turban stands before a black rock base holding oil lamps and puja vessels. Beside him a saffron-robed sannyasi with long dark hair and rudraksha mala stands with hands folded in namaskar. Several orange-robed monastics and white-clad men stand nearby, and a crowd is visible in the background. A white cloth with gold border lies on the ground.

2007-12-30 $A photograph taken outdoors beneath a large banyan tree at a shrine. A long-haired figure in orange robes stands at left, bending forward to offer something from a small bowl at a black stone Shiva murti seated on a red rock pedestal, with a cobra hood carved above it, draped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow and pink flowers. Another bald man in orange robes stands behind, and a third man in orange with a head covering watches. A silver tray with small vessels and a green cloth sits on the ground in front. Dappled sunlight falls on the sandy ground, and a second orange-clad deity figure stands to the right with garlands and a large orange cloth.$ 2006-11-21

2004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa

2004-07-02

Outdoor temple ritual beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A shrine arch frames a deity murti draped in red and yellow garlands. Several men and women in saffron-orange robes stand in a line along a dark polished floor. A woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland stands center-right holding a brass vessel, while nearby devotees hold offering items and a long wooden staff with a decorated top is held at right. Brass lamps and a flower-strewn tray rest on white ledges at the left foreground, and a striped canopy appears at upper right. The setting suggests a puja or darshan at an open-air shrine.

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