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Outdoor devotional scene under spreading trees beside a dark stone deity murti draped in orange cloth with marigold garlands. A large group of devotees in white clothes stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, including children in white dresses and white dhotis. On the right, a figure in a long saffron-orange robe with long hair stands near a brass lamp and an offering plate, while other men in saffron shawls and white attire stand behind. A small oil lamp burns on the ground in front of a white cloth spread on the earth. Marigold petals are scattered on the stone. The whole group appears to be preparing a welcoming ritual.

December 07 2007

December 07 2007

Outdoor photo at a shrine under large leafy trees beside a black stone deity murti draped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow and red flowers. A bearded man in a full orange robe holds a brass bell in one hand and raises a small flame or lamp toward the murti. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange shawl stands with hands folded. Around them, many people in white and cream clothes, some with yellow shawls, stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A yellow flower offering sits on a tray on a stone table in the foreground, and a red-painted stone base is at the lower left.

Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree, a figure in an orange-saffron robe with a long dark-haired, swept-back appearance and orange-beaded neck garland stands holding a lit flame or aarti lamp toward a black stone deity murti of Dakshinamurthy seated on a red-painted rocky pedestal, adorned with a white cloth, a silver-toned crown-like headdress and a coiled snake. Around him, a crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts stands with hands folded in prayer. Clay pots filled with white substance and a brass bell sit at the base, along with marigold flowers and a small plate of petals. a person: the figure's long hair, saffron robe and bead garland fit the probable identification, so this is an in_person candidate with uncertain appearance.

Outdoor scene beneath a large banyan tree at dusk. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a gold-toned beaded necklace, stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a black stone deity murti of Dakshinamurthy seated under an ornate silver arch with a crown-like top, draped in white cloth with gold borders. Offerings including marigold flowers, green leaves, a brass vessel and a clay pot sit at the base of the murti. Behind him, a crowd of about thirty people, mostly men and some women in white dhotis and saris, stands and sits on a dirt ground, watching the arati. A red-bordered stone plinth lies at the lower right.

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Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man in a white dhoti and shawl raises one hand while holding a lit lamp near a black stone deity murti draped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow and purple flowers. An orange-robed sadhu with long hair and a beard stands beside him holding a flame. Another orange-robed attendant holds a brass plate of petals. Around them, a crowd of men in white kurtas and yellow shawls stands with palms joined in prayer, while a woman in white and orange stands at the right. Bright orange-red painted base and a yellow flower offering on a brass tray in the foreground.

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Outdoor temple grounds under a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a woman in white dhoti-style sari with folded hands stands on a paved platform near the trunk. A man in white with an orange shawl walks along a path toward a large dark stone deity murti on a black base, decorated with a garland of orange and red flowers, next to an orange-smeared sacred mound with scattered petals and a black-and-white painted border. Other devotees in white and green saris and white shirts walk and stand nearby, a child in orange clothing among them. A carved white stone arch frames the shrine on the right. A man in a white shirt and a bald priest in white stand by the shrine. Mostly white and orange colours dominate, with greenery in the background.