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November 27 2012

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Outdoor photo at a Karthikai Deepam gathering. A bald man in white dhoti with rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks on his forehead sits on the left, holding a banknote over a brass plate of rudraksha beads. Beside him a monk in saffron robes with rudraksha malas and a bald head offers a small item to a young boy in a striped yellow and white shirt, who holds out his hand. A man in a green shirt smiles at right, with other devotees behind. Behind them a brass lamp stand and a deity murti with a garland of orange flowers sit on a red mat under palm trees.2012-11-27 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a Karthikai Deepam-style ritual setting with devotees at a low table covered in orange cloth. A bald priest in saffron-orange robes with a white forehead mark sits at the table beside a younger shaved-headed attendant in orange. A woman in a yellow embroidered sari with a red bindi holds a small printed card, while other women in teal and magenta saris and a man in a checked shirt stand nearby. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like brass vessel sit on the table, with a tray of dark beads and red thread, and a decorated ratha-like structure with a golden canopy stands behind.2012-11-272003 -Glimpses From Various Programs2003-01-01Outdoor ritual scene at a Karthikai Deepam celebration with a long orange-draped table under a open-air canopy. Several shaved-headed priests in orange and saffron robes and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged, one in white dhoti, handling offerings and money notes on a brass plate. A standing man in a white shirt on the right holds his palms together with ash. Brass oil lamps, a flower-garlanded deity murti, a banner behind, and palm trees and a tent complete the setting. Several other people stand and watch in the background.2012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27June 21 20142014-06-21 +2 copiesNovember 27 20122012-11-27January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor ceremony with several devotees in saffron and rust-red robes and rudraksha malas. A smiling woman in a rust-red sari and beaded mala applies a sacred mark or vibhuti to the forehead of a blonde woman in a white and gold-bordered sari seen from behind. Nearby, a young man in orange cloth and mala holds a small green dish, another man in orange holds a bowl, and a kalasha-like brass vessel with a green leafy sprig and decorative ornaments is in the foreground. Spectators stand behind in white and orange garments. Some devotees have white tilak on their foreheads, and a sound system sits at the right edge.2015-05-13A photograph of a seated figure in orange robes and an orange turban, wearing a multicoloured flower garland, on a leopard-print seat over a red cloth. He holds a metal plate or vessel and extends his hand toward a kneeling woman in a cream sari with orange border, who holds his foot in both hands during a padapuja-style ritual. Behind them a young man in orange cloth sits before a dark stone deity murti on a red and grey stone pedestal, and a figure in white stands at the right beside white cloth bundles on the ground. Leaves and flower petals lie on the red cloth.2005-12-31January 21 20092009-01-21December 16 20102010-12-16