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Night outdoor scene at a temple shrine with a dark deity murti holding a trident (trishul) and wearing an orange headdress and gold-trimmed garments, beside a smaller orange seated figure. Two men stand on a red-and-white painted plinth area with palm fronds and potted plants. The man in the centre wears an orange robe with a white-and-blue flower garland and holds his hands together in namaskar. The man on the right, smiling, wears a red-orange shawl over an orange dhoti with a white-and-blue garland. A black stone sign with Tamil text is visible at lower left. Three people are visible.

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September 09 2011

A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes walks across a stone-paved temple hall, hands pressed together in front of his chest, with a black rudraksha mala hanging to his waist. Two people follow behind him: one in a saffron wrap over white clothes and another in white with a gold-bordered cloth. Stone pillars and a stone shrine doorway stand behind them, and a yellow banner with Tamil text is displayed on a stand at right, along with a black cylindrical object on the floor.

Night-time outdoor temple ritual in a garden setting beneath dark trees. A bald man in saffron-orange robes stands in the centre, facing a golden arched shrine holding a deity murti with dark face, red-and-gold garment and flower garland, and a blackened shrine figure beside it. A woman in an orange sari holds a lit lamp or flame toward the deity, and a line of men in white dhotis and shawls with red borders stand with palms pressed together in prayer or photograph the scene. A small black plaque with Tamil text sits at the base, and a white-draped table with offerings lies in front. The scene reads as an aarti or puja at a shrine.

Night outdoor ritual at a temple-like stone structure. A bald-headed man in plain white kurta and white dhoti stands center-right holding a small silver kalasha-style vessel with green leaves at its mouth. Beside him, a man in white shirt wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace and gold bangle. In the foreground seated devotees in white clothes sit near a silver bowl and a metal vessel on a stone ledge, while a woman in a red-bordered sari and glasses and a saffron-robed person sit nearby. Unlit brick wall and dark trees form the background, with small lamp lights glowing at right. Watermarked archive photo, no name visible on any sign.

August 03 2008

A barefoot man in a saffron-orange sannyasi wrap and matching dhoti walks across a dusty red-earth courtyard past small shrines. He wears a long necklace of golden beads or bells and has long dark hair falling past his shoulders. Behind him stands a white-and-red painted pedestal topped with a white-draped shivalingam garlanded with yellow flowers, beside an arched iron frame. To the right, a black deity murti with yellow garlands sits under an arch, and a man in white dhoti holds a red and gold umbrella. Potted palms and young trees surround the courtyard. A printed Tamil label on the pedestal reads the words shown below.

July 23 2012

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February 25 2007

A man in white shirt and white trousers walks across a sandy ground at night carrying a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a small brass vessel in the other. He has a red mark on his forehead and a lanyard with an ID badge around his neck. Behind him are trees, shrubs and a red brick edging with a garden hose lying on the sand. The scene suggests an evening ritual procession with an oil lamp.