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January 01 2017

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A photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair and a vertical sandalwood-paste mark on his forehead, wearing a rust-red robe and a long rudraksha mala. He wears white and red flower garlands draped over his shoulders and stands beside a carved wooden palanquin-like structure topped with green leaves. He looks upward while holding the palanquin, and a second person in an orange cloth stands partly visible at the right edge. Palm fronds and a yellow sky appear in the background.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01August 27 20162016-08-27 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a bearded man with long dark hair in a maroon-brown robe and a rudraksha mala, wearing white and red flower garlands, raising a hand to sprinkle or place mango leaves and rose petals atop a carved bronze-brown kalasha or ritual pot wrapped in straw and leaves. A priest in an orange dhoti with gold border holds a brass plate at right. A golden deity murti sits in a carved shrine niche at left, with palm fronds overhead.2017-01-01Outdoor photo of a bearded man in a maroon-red robe with a rudraksha mala and white-and-red flower garlands touching mango leaves on the top of a large ornate copper kalasha with a bundled straw crown. A second man in an orange cloth and a long-haired companion stand beside it, and a metal bowl and brown cloth are held at the right edge. Green trees fill the background. The scene suggests a ritual like abhishekam or puja, with a small seated deity murti visible on the vessel. No readable text is shown.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01December 03 20162016-12-03Photo 11743190 +2 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual beside palm trees. A man with long matted dreadlocks, bare-chested and wearing a rust-brown dhoti with a red-and-yellow garland, reaches up to tie a bundle of straw around a tall copper kalasha-like vessel decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and mango leaves. Behind him, two attendants in saffron-orange cloth stand; one holds a brass plate. Several other men with garlands are visible at the lower right, and a striped cloth covers the base. Flower petals scatter on the ground.2016-08-27Outdoor ritual photograph beside palm trees. A long-haired man in orange robes with a white and red flower garland stands at a carved wooden pillar-like shrine wreathed in yellow and purple-white flower garlands. Two shaved-headed attendants in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand behind him; one holds a brass plate with leaves, the other a tray of white and yellow cloth. A video camera is in the foreground at right. Appearance cues are moderate, so classified as in_person.2011-12-11January 01 20172017-01-01December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copies