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January 03 2012

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January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor photo on a dry dirt ground with scattered trees and a small building edge at right. A group of about 15 people stands in an open area. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas, face a central woman in an orange sari with bare arms who stands near an orange-robed sannyasi. A woman in a white sari with a red-bordered blouse stands in the foreground. A man in an orange robe holds a large orange umbrella over the group. A man in a white shirt holds a bicycle at left. Parked silver SUVs sit in the background beside a green row of palms and trees.2008-07-30Outdoor photo in a cyclone-damaged village: a wire-mesh fence and a leaning concrete post in the foreground, with bare, broken trees and tall coconut palms behind. Several men in plain white shirts and white dhotis stand on bare dirt, some talking in a loose group; two older men sit on plastic chairs at left near a blue gate. Parked white cars are visible at centre. No ritual, saffron clothing or identifiable a person figure is evident, so no candidate is confirmed.2012-01-06December 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copiesAugust 03 20092009-08-03A group of people walks across a grassy open area beside palm and shade trees, with a silver car parked at the right edge. A central figure in an orange-saffron robe and a large multicolour flower garland, bare-footed, leads the procession. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas walk around them, and women in white saris stand among them. One man on the left holds a wooden box, and another at the right carries a small object. The setting is outdoors in daylight.2010-01-22Night photograph on a dirt ground in front of a thatched shelter lit by two white lights. A silver sedan is parked at left. A group of about ten men walks across the open ground: several wear white dhotis and shirts, while three or four wear saffron or orange robes, and one man in orange with a rudraksha mala and a bare chest walks near the centre. A cameraman in white with an orange shawl stands at the far left photographing. A shaved-headed man in orange and white walks at right, with a yellow shawl over white clothing near the middle.Outdoor photo of a procession walking across a green, scrubby field toward a rocky hill under an overcast sky. In front, a figure in orange saffron robes with a dark rudraksha mala and long swept-back hair walks beside a shaved-headed companion in orange, who raises one hand. Behind them, a group in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange shawls and one woman in a yellow sari, follows in a line. a person is the figure in orange with long hair and mala beads.2008-04-01January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor cremation rite on open grass beside a silver SUV. A tall figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrap and a gold-beaded necklace, stands at right extending one arm and holding a small vessel over a blackened ash-covered pyre bordered by bricks. Two men in white dhotis kneel at left, one pouring liquid from a steel pot into a steel dish, with rows of water bottles lined up nearby. A man in a striped shirt and beige trousers stands behind them, and a seated man in a pink shirt and grey trousers sits at right. Onlookers stand in the background, including a boy in an orange shirt at left and a man in white with a shoulder-carried bundle at right.2005-11-14A photograph of a sandy village open space shaded by tall coconut palms. A small white pickup truck with an orange banner on its side is parked at left, and a cluster of about eight people in white and mixed clothing stands near the truck and a small shrine. At right is an ornate stone temple gopuram-style entrance with carved figures on its roof and a doorway, with thatched huts and a tin-roofed shed behind. No individual's appearance supports an identification, so no candidate is marked.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copies