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December 24 2011

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Night street scene of a procession outside a red-orange building with a lit streetlamp. At left, a priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl stands beside a gold-trimmed palanquin-like cart holding a brass tray with flowers, fruit and a lit oil lamp, while a man in a red-and-white checked shirt raises a lamp. Devotees crowd the street with hands folded in prayer; several women wear orange and red saris and a bald man in orange robes with rudraksha mala stands at right. A woman wears a brown head covering. Greenery and a pink flowering shrub stand by the building.2011-12-24Night procession at an ashram path lit by a street lamp, with a red-brick building behind. In the foreground, a table holds brass trays of offerings such as fruit and sweets, and a man in an orange robe with a shaved head holds a bowl with hands pressed together. A man in a yellow shirt holds a flaming torch at left. Devotees walk in a line: a shaved-headed man in white with folded hands, women in white saris with red borders and red shawls, a woman in orange sari, and a woman in pale orange. A video camera operator is at lower left.2011-12-24Outdoor dusk ritual in a palm-lined courtyard at night. On the left, a tall lit oil lamp stands on a white pedestal beside an orange-red stepped platform. A white-clad figure and several monks in saffron robes tend a small table with offerings and burning lamps. A line of devotees stands in a row on the right: women in orange and white saris with hands folded in anjali, and men in white dhotis with yellow shawls. Round kolam-like patterns are drawn in the dirt in front of the line. The scene reads as a deepam lamp-lighting for Karthikai Deepam.2010-11-21December 24 20112011-12-24Night-time outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard beside an orange-painted wall. On the left, a man in saffron robes with a shaved head holds a brass vessel, and a burning torch on a stand throws flame light. Next to him, a young man in white with a sacred thread stands with joined hands. Behind them a line of devotees in saffron, white and cream clothes, including a woman in a red-orange sari, stands in prayer. In the foreground a young woman in saffron-trimmed white holds a tray of bananas and notebooks. A small signboard and a red vehicle are visible at right, with a dim multi-storey building behind.2011-12-24A nighttime procession on a dirt road in front of a red-orange ashram building with a small dome and a lit doorway. At the centre, a woman in a red-orange sari holds a multicoloured umbrella-style canopy on a pole, with orange flags carried by others on both sides. Crowds of devotees in white clothes and orange shawls walk and stand, many with hands folded in prayer. Several women wear pink, maroon and orange saris, and one older woman at right wears a pink-and-white shawl. A bright light source enters from the left edge.2011-12-05Night-time photo of a procession on a dirt ground in front of an orange-walled building. A man in white dhoti and shirt holds a large decorated parasol (umbrella) at left, and another man in white stands beside him. In the centre, a woman with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron sari with a leopard-print shawl and holds a tray. Behind her, a line of women in white saris and white clothing stand with yellow-green shawls and gold-topped staffs, and some have hands folded in prayer. A blurred man in white moves across the foreground carrying an offering. Spectators stand along the edge, including a young child in pink. Pancha-tapas style outdoor ritual procession.2010-11-19Night procession at an outdoor ashram courtyard. A man in white ritual dhoti and shawl, bare-chested and with a white head covering, holds a lit aarti lamp toward a central figure in a saffron-orange robe and red shawl, who stands with palms together. Behind them a multicoloured fringed umbrella on a pole is raised. Devotees in white, yellow, pink and blue saris and white kurtas press their palms together on both sides, while orange flags wave in the background and a red-roofed building lies beyond. Bright floodlight from the left lights the scene.2011-12-05July 31 20152015-07-31Outdoor puja scene beside a red-and-orange building. A man with long dark wavy hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a long gold-beaded necklace, stands at a table holding a brass bell and gesturing over brass plates of fruit, bananas, apples and flower offerings, with a brass kalasha-style vessel and a rudraksha mala on the cloth. Around him women and men in white, yellow and maroon clothes stand with hands pressed in anjali, a woman in a yellow shawl at centre. Partly visible people appear at the right edge. Scaffolding and a golden spire are visible behind. Whether this man is the a person is uncertain from appearance alone.2009-12-23October 21 20062006-10-21November 17 20172017-11-17