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January 16 2015

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A photograph of a sadhu seated low on a stone or brick ledge in an open-sided shed with a corrugated roof, sunlight blazing through the opening behind him. He wears white dhoti-style cloth with an orange-and-gold border, bare upper body with dark bead bracelets on his wrists and a rudraksha mala, and his head and face are partly turned toward a large terracotta pot with steam rising from it over a small fire. Dust-covered ground and blurred cattle are visible in the background. Whether this is a person is uncertain from appearance; the figure is described by role as a priest tending the pot.2019-01-16January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of an outdoor ashram grounds lined with tall palm trees and a row of brick edging. An elderly person in white dhoti with gold border and an orange-red shawl bends forward, sweeping dusty soil with a flat metal tray or dustpan. Behind, several people in white clothes stand near a road and a parked motorcycle, and two women in dark saree-style clothing are visible beside water storage tanks. Hazy morning light.2017-02-05A barefoot man in a white dhoti with a gold border and an orange-red shawl bends over a dirt path lined with rows of small red bricks, using a flat metal tool to smooth or clear the soil. Tall palm trees frame the scene on the left, with tall black water tanks behind them. In the background, several people in white clothes stand and walk along a paved road beside parked motorbikes, and a girl in a dark dress with a pale shawl stands near the tanks. Hazy sunlight lights the dusty ground.2017-02-05Outdoor photo of a yoga-style ritual at a palm-lined ashram. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak mark, a red-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala sits on a folded mat on a seat with hands in anjali mudra, eyes closed, a brass pot beside him on a rangoli-decorated platform with ash-covered ground. Behind him a younger man in orange robes kneels in prayer, with a bamboo fence, blue tarpaulin and a white building in the background. Probable Swamiji seated in prayer, with the presentation cues of long swept-back hair, red-orange robes and rudraksha mala.2010-10-10Jan 14 2022 sripuram2022-01-14Outdoor Pongal celebration in a temple courtyard. Two women prepare earthen pots on clay hearths with sticks and dry twigs, on a ground decorated with white rangoli kolam and flower petals. The woman on the right wears a saffron-orange sari with a braided plait and bends to tend the pot; the woman on the left kneels in a red-and-gold striped sari. Sugarcane stalks with leaves are tied above the hearths. Behind them a seated woman in a blue-green sari sits under a dark tarpaulin roof, with golden drapes and a deity murti visible in the background. Three people are visible.2022-01-14February 05 20172017-02-05January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20152015-01-15October 10 20102010-10-10An elderly woman in a white dhoti with gold border and an orange-red shawl bends over a dirt path lined with brick edging, sweeping with a flat grey pan. Tall palm trees stand in the foreground, and white-clad people and a parked motorcycle appear in the hazy background.2017-02-05