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March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at a large shady tree beside a dark stone deity murti on the right, its face and shoulders shown in profile with green garland draped over it. Four men in saffron-red robes with yellow borders stand and kneel around a blue-and-striped cloth-covered platform. The man at the front left kneels, bald, bending over offerings on a tray of flowers and a brass plate, handling a conch-like vessel. Behind him, a man in red robes with a garland of orange and yellow flowers stands with hands folded in namaskar. Another bald man in red and yellow stands at right holding a lit flame or torch near the deity. A fourth figure is partly visible at far left. Sunlight filters through the leaves above.2015-02-05August 20 20132013-08-20February 05 20152015-02-05 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual on a green cloth platform under palm trees: a priest in a maroon-red dhoti and matching shawl with a red turban pours water from a white vessel over a tall copper kalasha wrapped in white cloth and white flower garlands, set on a painted yantra-style base. Beside him, three other priests in maroon and gold-bordered dhotis stand with folded hands or hold trays and plates; one raises an arm, and a white-clad attendant in the right foreground carries a bag. Rudraksha malas hang on several chests. A yellow water tank, a shade canopy and palm trees frame the background, consistent with an abhishekam or kumbha-related puja.2014-06-29 +1 copiesMarch 01 20162016-03-01October 05 20142014-10-05A temple ritual scene in which a man in a rust-red turban and rust-red robe with gold waist sash, wearing a long flowing black braided hair and layered flower garlands in pink, yellow and white, holds a copper vessel toward a gold-coloured deity murti crowned with a jewelled mukut and holding a gold staff, decorated with garlands and gold jewellery. Beside him, figures in saffron-orange robes and one shirtless attendant with white tilaka and a silver necklace hold oil lamps and a small brass lamp. Purple-draped smaller murtis and a gold-framed arch sit in the foreground with flower offerings.2017-12-02December 02 20172017-12-02December 12 20162016-12-12June 09 20092009-06-09A procession on a palm-lined road. A man in a dark maroon robe, wearing a black cylindrical headwear and a long red rose garland with a brown rudraksha-style mala, holds a rope beside a decorated red-and-gold ratha or chariot with floral garlands. Behind him a man in an orange-brown robe with a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured bowl are visible, and a red and gold umbrella overhead. Tropical palm trees and a blue sky frame the scene.2016-03-01