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February 27 20142014-02-27November 17 20132013-11-17Night photo of an outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. Several men in dark red-orange cloth stand on paved stone around a raised platform. A figure in the centre wears a red and yellow flower garland and holds a small object, while a man on the right holds a lit lamp or incense aloft with smoke rising. Another man on the left stands with hands folded in prayer. Small offerings and a lamp sit on a low ledge, and a garlanded deity murti or statue appears at the lower left. Marigold and rose garlands and rudraksha-style beads are visible.2019-07-16Night photograph of a Karthigai Deepam style ritual outdoors. A central figure in a maroon-red head wrap with orange trim, leopard-print cloth at the waist and a white flower garland, stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Around him, saffron and maroon-clad priests with white and ash forehead markings hold oil lamps, a metal vessel and a bowl. Several attendants wear rudraksha malas and one carries a ceremonial staff and a tall decorative hat. Shallow clay plates of oil lamps burn on the ground in front of a small fire area. Some people in the background are seated or standing. Also mentioned in the page excerpt.2013-11-17January 01 20142014-01-01November 17 20132013-11-17Night procession at an ashram during a lamp ceremony. A central figure in a leopard-print garment and maroon cloth, wearing a long white and red flower garland and a maroon head wrap, stands with hands folded in front of a bearer holding a flaming oil lamp aloft. Around them, devotees in saffron-orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas and forehead marks stand near ceremonial staffs and banners. Several shaven-headed men and women are present. On the right, a figure in a patterned cap holds a lit lamp, and flames burn in shallow brass lamps on the ground in the foreground. Lit oil lamps rest on a stone base beside a brass vessel.2013-11-17April 24 20132013-04-24November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17